Meaning

1 senses
  1. A member of the navy employed to load projectiles onto a cradle prior to firing.

Origin

From cradle + -man.

From cradle + -man.

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Forms

plural: cradlemen
Singularcradleman
Pluralcradlemen

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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