n. The act of rocking in a cradle; hence, nurture in infancy; the period of infancy.n. In carpentry: Timber framing for sustaining the laths and plaster of a vaulted ceiling.n. The framework to which the entablature of a wooden shop-front is attached.n. In cooperage, the cutting of a cask in two lengthwise, so as to enable it to pass through a narrow place, the pieces being afterward united.