

cradles
/ΛkreΙͺdΙlz/





noun
A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.






noun
A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

noun
A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.











