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cradle

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1573, OED Evaluation: Agricultural

A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Well, the- the early w-- the early harvest, they used the sickle and the cradle and the reaping-hooks and things. But then, as time progressed they got binders and- mowers and-so-on.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’
ExampleMeaning
That didn't tie the- that didn't tie the grain, that cut it and I put the grain off in bundles, but then you had to go around and tie that by hand. But that would be the first vehicle, the first outfit that came that was cut with what they call the cradle, or the s-- Interviewer: Oh yeah. Speaker: The side and the cradle. The side didn't, ah, it just put in windrows, the cradle though, they'd put that- they'd throw that out in- in little, like in little bundles. You had to tie that too.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: That was just about the time that the mowing machines and the grain-binder came into it. Interviewer: Yes. Speaker: The re-- up to that time it had, ah- it had been a cradle. (laughs) Interviewer: You would cut it with a cradle? Speaker: You would cut it with a cradle. Interviewer: And that would just leave it, what, in- in lines? Speaker: Yes, it was (inc) and then they had to bind it up. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: In sheaves after.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’
ExampleMeaning
Depends if- some fields were good, some were, ah, not so good. Ah, ground that was in hay for a number of years and with the old grain with the old cradle- after they had the cradle- you ever see a cradle for cutting grain? Interviewer: No I haven't. Speaker: Well they cut a strip twelve-feet-five with it. And it had fingers on it, you-see. A blade down here and, ah- and you'd swing it around like that, big long blade.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’
ExampleMeaning
And we had the first old reaper. You don't remember the reaper, do-you? It made a beautiful job of handling grain. You-know, they used to have to use the cradle. I had a brother, dead and gone, many day, didn't live 'til he was thirty years of age. But say he could cradle that and lay that there, at the (inc) would be all just leaving, and you could come along, tape it first, Todd said, the grain, in your hands like that.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: Or else they would ah- if they were doing it by hand, they'd use a cradle. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And ca-- they called it cradling the field. Interviewer: Oh! Like the actual cutting they'd call cradling did they? Speaker: Yes. Uh-huh. 'Cause they cut it with the cradle And there be somebody come along after it pretty well dried and ah bind it and make a stook out of it. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And it would sit there for a few days. And then they'd come along with a wagon and draw it in.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’
ExampleMeaning
Well, Dad used to cut the hay down at first and then he'd go around- all around the fence with an old- what they call a cradle. Was a big thing and a- with a lot of- things on- it held the hay when you cut it, like swathe. And then he'd ah- that would be left there and then he'd take another swung and that there.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’
ExampleMeaning
I keep thinking about ah the progress of- of the farmers from where it started way back with the ah, I guess with the cradle and then they got up into the ah- the horses and- and and the dump rake. I- I did that for a little while, not too long.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: You were saying like how was it like on the farm, or how you did things. Well the hay, you cut up the (inc) and then you raked it with the rake. I should go back to when my grandfather came there though. You cut it with a- what they called a cradle. Interviewer: Cradle? Speaker: Yeah, it was like a scythe, only way thicker than a scythe the blade was three or four inches wide. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: And still curved like a scythe, and then there was a- a light stick came up like this about that high and then it had fingers come around.
A light frame of wood attached to a scythe, having a row of long curved teeth parallel to the blade, to lay the corn more evenly in the swathe; ‘a three forked instrument of wood on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe’