encradle

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ cradle.

Verb

encradle (third-person singular simple present encradles, present participle encradling, simple past and past participle encradled)

1. (transitive) To lay in a cradle, or as in a cradle.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Hymne of Heavenly Love:

     Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay.

References

• “encradle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• calender