cradleboard
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈkreɪdəlˌbɔrd/
- US
- He was haunted by a Crow baby in a beaded cradleboard floating down a black river.
- make a cradleboard
Examples
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The previous community cradleboard sat complete behind her.
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Since the death of their mother when Kadoh was still in his cradleboard, their grandmother had raised them with a stern, loving hand while their father was away on long hunting and trading journeys.
Fiction book (1995) -
In his hanging cradleboard against the lodge pole, my baby brother slept again.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her young son, Migizi, was sleeping peacefully in a cradleboard on her back.
Academic text (2009) -
Yaa left her, and just as the pain eased, she returned with the cradleboard and furs.
Fiction book (2000) -
She had beaded the turtle amulet that dangled from the top of my cradleboard.
Fiction book (1994) -
Some of the girls adjusted the cradleboards of their babies on their backs to make room for yucca-fiber nets slung around their shoulders.
Fiction book (1995) -
She squatted on her haunches, and before the pain tore away her breath, told Yaa to go back and get the cradleboard she had made and the hare furs she had prepared.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her young son, Migizi, was sleeping peacefully in a cradleboard on her back.
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Yaa left her, and just as the pain eased, she returned with the cradleboard and furs.
Synonyms
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7.2
A small light bed with handles for carrying a baby
How Protective
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Morphology
Etymology
Cradleboard comes from the English words cradle ('little bed' for a baby) and board ('flat piece of wood'). It is the name for a traditional wooden frame used by some Native American peoples to carry and protect babies, so it is literally a 'board' that acts like a 'cradle'.