cradling

Verb

 * The woman was cradling the baby in the crook of her arm as she fed it.
 * The woman was cradling the baby in the crook of her arm as she fed it.

Noun

 * 1) The act by which one cradles a child etc.
 * 2) The act of using a cradle (the tool).
 * 3)  The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
 * 4)  The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
 * 1)  The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.