cradle hole

noun

A sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.

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Meanings

nouncradle hole (plural cradle holes)

plural cradle holes

  1. A sunken part in a road, caused by thawing, or by vehicles traveling over a soft spot.

    Bang, bang! went the first sleigh over a cradle hole in the snow of the road, and each of the other sleighs jolted in the same way, and rudely breaking the frost bound stillness, the troykas began to speed along the road, one after the other.

    1952, Leo Tolstoy, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, War and Peace, Book 7 Chapter 10
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APA

cradle hole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cradle%20hole

MLA

“cradle hole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cradle%20hole. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cradle hole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cradle%20hole.

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