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▪ I. cradge, n. local.|krædʒ|
In the East of England: A small bank made to keep out water.
1854Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XV. i. 19 (Linc.) Crests, cradges, and ward-dykes [were] constructed to hold off fen-waters from the inned grounds. 1877in N.W. Linc. Gloss. 72.
▪ II. cradge, v. local.
[f. prec. n.]
(See quots.) Hence ˈcradging vbl. n.
1880Lincoln Mercury 5 Nov. 4 Many hands were set on to increase the cradging on the west bank. Ibid. 6 These [banks] were temporarily cradged, and slips and leakages made good. 1891Chamb. Jrnl. 26 Dec. 828/2 ‘Cradging’ banks—that is, heightening and backing them temporarily with clay, to prevent the water running over them or percolating through them. |