Cradling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cradling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of cradle.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of cradle.
More Meanings
- The act by which one cradles a child etc.
- The act of using a cradle (the tool).
- (carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
- (coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
Example Sentences
The woman was cradling the baby in the crook of her arm as she fed it.
the ceiling of the circular part is deeply panelled, the main ribs forming the core for the cradling
About four thousand cradlings were observed among five mother-infant pairs during the first 15 weeks of each infant's life.
Word Forms
- cradlings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rock, birthplace, provenance, clasping, clutching, couching.
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