cradling
 搖籃;保育;框;鞍座;船床


 Cra·dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cradled p. pr. & vb. n. Cradling ]
 1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
    It cradles their fears to sleep.   --D. A. Clark.
 2. To nurse or train in infancy.
    He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars.   --Glanvill.
 3. To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
 4. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
    In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade.   --Knight.
 To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping.


 Cra·dling n.
 1. The act of using a cradle.
 2. Coopering Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.
 3. Carp. The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

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