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cradle-hill Esp. Maritimes 
n. a small hill or mound of earth. See 1820 quote.
See also: cradle-hole
- 1820 (1955) But there is another impediment to travelling in the woods: many of the trees have been torn up by the roots with high winds, which have raised little hills of earth, which the natives call cradle hills.
- 1855 The stanhope is in the coach-house, but the bye-road was so full of stumps and cradle-hills, it was impossible to drive in it.
- 1955 All rigged up, the good man . . . sat among the ferns on a cradle hill . . . and took a little nip from his bottle.
- 1820 (1955) But there is another impediment to travelling in the woods: many of the trees have been torn up by the roots with high winds, which have raised little hills of earth, which the natives call cradle hills.