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▪ I. cradling, vbl. n.|ˈkreɪdlɪŋ|
[f. cradle v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. cradle n. in various senses; an instance of this. lit. and fig.
1818Keats Endymion i. 391 A yielding up, a cradling on her care. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. iii. (1891) 60 Oftentimes a single cradling gets them all, and after that the poor man's labor is only rewarded by mud and worn pebbles.
2. A framework of wood or iron, esp. in Archit.
1823Rutter Fonthill 69 Pinnacles..bound together by a cradling of iron. 1823Crabb Techn. Dict., Cradling (Archit.), the mass of timber-work disposed in arched or vaulted ceilings for sustaining the lath-and-plaster. 1875Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Cradling..is applied to the wooden bracketing for carrying the entablature of a shop front. 1891Pall Mall G. 24 Aug. 2/1 The cradling makes it difficult for the panel to warp.
▪ II. ˈcradling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cradles or forms a cradle.
1772Ann. Reg. 242 Her cradling pinions there she amply spread. |