Definitionen
1.Verbpresent participle and gerund of cradle"The woman was cradling the baby in the crook of her arm as she fed it."
2.NounThe act by which one cradles a child etc.
3.NounThe act of using a cradle (the tool).
4.NounThe cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
5.NounThe framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.