Also 9 dial. craddler. [f. CRADLE v. + -ER.] a. One who or that which cradles (an infant, etc.). b. One who reaps with a cradle-scythe.
1835. Tait’s Mag., II. 149. Craddlers generally mow round the field when the crop admits of doing so.
1844. Ld. Houghton, Mem. Many Scenes, Dream in Gondola, 98. Cradler of placid pleasures … Dear boat!
1856. Olmsted, Slave States, 203–4. A gang of fair cradlers and binders.
