Cradle vs. Gondola

Cradlenoun

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

Cradlenoun

(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

Cradlenoun

(figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.

Cradlenoun

An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.

Cradlenoun

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

Cradlenoun

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.

Cradlenoun

A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

Cradlenoun

A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.

Cradlenoun

(mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.

Cradlenoun

(mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

Cradlenoun

(carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

Cradlenoun

(nautical) 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.

Cradlenoun

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

Cradlenoun

(contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.

Cradlenoun

A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.

Cradleverb

(transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.

Cradleverb

(transitive) To rock a baby to sleep.

Cradleverb

(transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.

Cradleverb

To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.

Cradleverb

To nurse or train in infancy.

Cradleverb

(lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

Cradleverb

To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.

Cradleverb

To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.

Cradleverb

To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.

Cradlenoun

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.

Cradlenoun

Infancy, or very early life.

Cradlenoun

An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.

Cradlenoun

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

Cradlenoun

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.

Cradlenoun

A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

Cradlenoun

A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; - also called a rocker.

Cradlenoun

The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

Cradlenoun

The 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.

Cradleverb

To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.

Cradleverb

To nurse or train in infancy.

Cradleverb

To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.

Cradleverb

To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.

Cradleverb

To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.

Cradlenoun

a baby bed with sides and rockers

Cradlenoun

where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;

Cradlenoun

birth of a person;

Cradlenoun

a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold

Cradleverb

hold gently and carefully;

Cradleverb

bring up from infancy

Cradleverb

hold or place in or as if in a cradle;

Cradleverb

cut grain with a cradle scythe

Cradleverb

wash in a cradle;

Cradleverb

run with the stick

Gondolanoun

The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.

Gondolaverb

To travel by gondola.

Gondolanoun

A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.

Gondolanoun

A flat-bottomed boat for freight.

Gondolanoun

A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads.

Gondolanoun

An elongated car under a dirigible.

Gondolanoun

a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof

Gondolanoun

long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice

Gondolanoun

car suspended from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant

Gondola

The gondola (English: , Italian: [ˈɡondola]; Venetian: góndoła [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. It is typically propelled by a gondolier, who uses a rowing oar, which is not fastened to the hull, in a sculling manner and also acts as the rudder.