cradlewalk
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prettygoodwordcradlewalk (KRAI-duhl-wawk) - n., (obs?) a walkway covered by arching trees.
This shows up in very few dictionaries, one of which labels it as obsolete, and it seems to have been largely British English. None of them give an etymology.
Thanks, georgina_daniel!
---L.
This shows up in very few dictionaries, one of which labels it as obsolete, and it seems to have been largely British English. None of them give an etymology.
Thanks, georgina_daniel!
---L.
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Date: 2021-06-24 03:45 pm (UTC)Pretty good word.
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Date: 2021-06-24 08:17 pm (UTC)A further detail: apparently also sometimes called a nanny walk, which suggests taking a baby out for a stroller in a shaded part of the park. Maybe?
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Date: 2021-06-24 10:41 pm (UTC)Perhaps it's partly the way the boughs support one another--a cradle is originally a basket, something woven.
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Date: 2021-06-25 09:37 am (UTC)That makes sense. Perhaps nanny walk evolved from cradlewalk; both are baby-related terms.
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Date: 2021-06-25 02:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-25 03:36 pm (UTC)Naoko Takeuchi :) My icon is from Sailor Moon.
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Date: 2021-06-28 02:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-06-25 02:44 pm (UTC)Ah! That would be the detail I was missing -- the one that makes sense of things. TY!
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Date: 2021-06-25 08:21 pm (UTC)