(EQUIPMENT) [noun] [C] - a frame which supports a ship, aircraft, machine, etc. while it is being built, repaired or transported(UK) A cradle (US scaffold) is also a frame which hangs on the side of a building, ship, etc. for people to work from.
CRADLE
Meaning of CRADLE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012