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cradle-hole 
n. a cradle-shaped hole left in the ground when a large tree is overthrown by a gale, carrying the soil from the hole in its roots.
See also: cradle-hill
- 1829 (1832) Ploughing prevented by the water standing on the land, in what are termed cradle-holes, formed by trees being blown up by the roots, and are found only on a wet, or a loose soil.
- 1925 It was no easy matter to make rail-fences "horse-high and hog-tight," when they had to be built over cradle-holes. . . .
- 1829 (1832) Ploughing prevented by the water standing on the land, in what are termed cradle-holes, formed by trees being blown up by the roots, and are found only on a wet, or a loose soil.