local. [f. prec. sb.] (See quots.)
Hence Cradging vbl. sb.
1880. Lincoln Mercury, 5 Nov., 4. Many hands were set on to increase the cradging on the west bank. Ibid., 6. These [banks] were temporarily cradged, and slips and leakages made good.
1891. Chamb. Jrnl., 26 Dec., 828/2. ‘Cradging’ banks—that is, heightening and backing them temporarily with clay, to prevent the water running over them or percolating through them.
