CRADLE
ADJECTIVES
► CUNICULAR pert. to the cradle or to infancy → 1676 obs.
NOUNS
► BABY-TROUGH a children’s cradle or playpen → 1953 Amer. dial.
► BEE-BAW a child’s cradle → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEIJO a cradle → 1924 Amer. dial.
► BRANLE a hammock-like cradle; it consisted of a strong circular piece of cloth, securely but slackly fastened to a large, stout hoop that was suspended by three light cords to a hook in a rafter of the gallery → 1894 Amer. dial.
► BYO a cradle → 1902 Amer. dial.
► CADER a cradle → 1750 Eng. dial.
► CRETE a cradle → 1340 obs.
► CUNABLES a cradle → 1549 obs.
► CUNABULA a cradle; fig., the place where anything is nurtured in its beginnings, the earliest abode → 1774
► KEATHER a cradle → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REWTAUTER ► REWTRATTER a cradle; a child’s swing → 1867 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BERSATRIX a rocker of children in a cradle → 17C obs.