† cathercaythern.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
A cradle; a scaffolding.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > scaffolding > [noun]
scaffolding1347
scaffold1349
stagec1440
cather1568
stance1811
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > cot or cradle
cradlec1000
cader?c1225
crete1340
cunablesa1549
rocker1566
wicker1646
crib1649
cather?1748
cunabula1774
cot1813
co-sleeper1997
1568 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 129 Paid for poles and bordes to make the cather for the steple. [Cf. l30 For makinge of a cradelle to goe about the steple.]
?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 28 The Barn ot wur ith' Keather.
1859 E. Waugh Lancs. Songs Keep th' keyther stirrin' gently.
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