cradle

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

Any light framework of small and slender parts, – as furring strips or the like, – forming a support or backing for other work, especially when extending in a generally horizontal direction, as the centring of an arched drain, the furring used to support a cornice or a plaster imitation of a vault, or the like. (Sturgis, 1900)