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cradle-hill
Esp. Maritimes
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a small hill or mound of earth. See 1820 quote.
See: cradle-hole
Quotations
1820
But there is another impediment to travelling in the woods: many of the trees have been torn up by the roots with high winds, which have raised little hills of earth, which the natives call cradle hills.
1855
The stanhope is in the coach-house, but the bye-road was so full of stumps and cradle-hills, it was impossible to drive in it.
1955
All rigged up, the good man . . . sat among the ferns on a cradle hill . . . and took a little nip from his bottle.