See Also: cataphract(dictionary)
cradle(2)(dictionary)
cradle cap(medicine)
cradle(medicine)
Cradle cap(health)
cradle(1)(dictionary)
cat's cradle(dictionary)
cradle-robber(dictionary)
cradle 2, verb(dictionary)
cradle 1, noun(dictionary)

cradle 1, noun (oh) and cataphract (iou)


cradle 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: cradol]
[C] a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves gently from side to side
-see also cot cot
::She rocked the cradle to quieten the child.
the cradle of sth
formal the place where something important began
::Athens is often regarded as the cradle of democracy.
from (the) cradle to (the) grave
all through your life
::From cradle to grave, the car marks every rite of American passage.
[singular] the beginning of something
::Like most Catholic children, he had heard stories of Ireland from the cradle .
[C] a structure that is used to lift something heavy up or down
::a window-cleaner's cradle
[C] the part of a telephone where you put the receiver when you are not using it
::She replaced the receiver on the cradle.
-see also cat's cradle , rob the cradle at rob (5)

cataphract (iou)



cataphract noun. L16.
[Latin cataphractes (sense 1), -tus (sense 2) from Greek kataphraktes, -tos, from kataphrassein clothe in mail.]
Hist. An ancient coat of mail. L16.
A soldier in full armour. L17.