Cradle

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001413",
  "term": "Cradle",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A timber ribbing shaped to the curve of a vaulted ceiling or arch to carry the lath for plaster. More generally, the word names any framework of timber or iron bars that supports, lifts or carries a heavy object, such as the cradle that carries a ship down the slipway during a launch.",
  "subject": "Carpentry",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Rippenwerk",
    "es": "cimbra",
    "fr": "berceau"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/cradle/"
}