Obs. exc. dial. [? a. Welsh cader chair, cradle, wooden frame.] A cradle; a scaffolding.
1568. Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden), 129. Paid for poles and bordes to make the cather for the steple. [Cf. 130 For makinge of a cradelle to goe about the steple.]
1750. J. Collier, Wks., 66 (Lanc. Gloss.). Th’ barn ot wur i’ th’ keather.
1859. E. Waugh (ibid.). Keep th’ keyther stirrin’ gently.
