cradle

No sooner was I crept out of my cradle / But I was made a king, at nine months old.

a cradle of crime

from the cradle to the grave

Rough men brought pickle bottles full of nuggets. Mysterious dirty-looking calico bags were opened, disclosing small quantities of water-worn flaky gold, which had been washed out of the beds of rivers with a cradle.

A strong iron bar is fixed at the top of each cradle, to which the suspending chains are attached; the latter pass over the sheaves, and the cradles are kept in a horizontal position, by means of an adjusting rod placed above them

The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.

He slammed the handset into the cradle.