What is cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped called?
cradling — (Coopering) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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