cradgen.
/kradʒ/ local.
In the East of England: A small bank made to keep out water.
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1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 19 (Linc.) Crests, cradges, and ward-dykes [were] constructed to hold off fen-waters from the inned grounds.
1877 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 72.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
cradgev.
local.
(See quots.)
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1880 Lincoln Mercury 5 Nov. 6 These [banks] were temporarily cradged, and slips and leakages made good.
1891 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Dec. 828/2 ‘Cradging’ banks—that is, heightening and backing them temporarily with clay, to prevent the water running over them or percolating through them.
Derivatives
ˈcradging n.
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1880 Lincoln Mercury 5 Nov. 4 Many hands were set on to increase the cradging on the west bank.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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