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Cradling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Laying or rocking in a cradle; cutting and laying with a cradle, as grain.

Cradling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of using a cradle.

2. Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.

3. The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

Cradling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913