See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

CRADLE (of uncertain See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. See also:

• BASKET

basket; the derivation from a See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary)  , a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child's See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, wicker or See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, with enclosed sides, slung upon pivots or mounted on rockers . It is a very See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient piece of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, but the date when it first assumed its characteristic swinging or rocking See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is by no means clear . A See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature in an illuminated Histoire de la belle Helaine in the Bibliotheque Nationale in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris (end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) shows an See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant sleeping in a tiny four-See also:

• POST

post bed slung upon rockers . In its See also:

• OLDEST

oldest forms the See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle is an oblong See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box without a lid—originally the rockers appear tohave been detachable—but, like all other See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household appliances, it has been subject to changes of See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion alike in shape and adornment . It has been panelled and carved, supported on See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance pillars, inlaid with marqueterie or mounted in gilded See also:

• BRONZE

bronze . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• SIMPLE

simple shape persisted for two or three centuries—even the See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood made its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early . In the 18th century, however, cradles were often very elaborate—indeed in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France they had begun to be so much earlier, but the richly carved and upholstered examples were used 'chiefly for purposes of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, being in fact miniature his de See also:

• PARADE (Fr. parade, an adaptation from Ital. parada; cf. Span. parada, from Lat. parade, to prepare, equip, furnish)

parade . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times they have become lighter and simpler, the old hood being very often replaced by a draped See also:

• CURTAIN

curtain dependent from a carved or shaped upright . About the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th century iron cradles were introduced, along with iron bedsteads . A number of undoubted historic cradles have been preserved, together with many others with doubtful attributions . Two alleged cradles of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry V. exist; one which claims to have been used by the unhappy See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• DERWENTWATER
• DERWENTWATER, EARL OF

Derwentwater is in the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria and See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert Museum in See also:

• LONDON

London; the other is at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle . That of Henry IV. of France, now in the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

Chateau de See also:

• PAU

Pau, is mounted upon a large See also:

• TORTOISESHELL

tortoiseshell .

That of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome (" See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon II.") was designed by Prud'hon, and along with that of the See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de See also:

• CHAMBORD
• CHAMBORD, HENRI CHARLES FERDINAND MARIE DIEUDONNE, COMTE DE (182o-1883)

Chambord is preserved in the Garde Meuble . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England a cradle is now often called a "bassinet" (i.e. little See also:

• BASKET

basket), and the " cot " has to some extent taken its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . By See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy, the word " cradle " is also applied to various sorts of framework in See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, and to a rocking-See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool used in See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving .