'Cradling' definitions:
Definition of 'Cradling'
From: GCIDE
- Cradling \Cra"dling\ (-dl?ng), n.
- 1. The act of using a cradle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Coopering) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Carp.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cradling'
From: GCIDE
- Cradle \Cra"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cradled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cradling (-dl?ng).]
- 1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. [1913 Webster]
- It cradles their fears to sleep. --D. A. Clark. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To nurse or train in infancy. [1913 Webster]
- He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. [1913 Webster]
- In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping. [1913 Webster]