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.
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. --Knight.