"cage" Definition

Definitions for the word "cage" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A place of confinement for malefactors
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The catcher's wire mask.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 structure of bars or wires, esp. For confining animals or birds. 2 similar open framework, esp. A lift in mine etc. v. (-ging) place or keep in a cage. [latin cavea]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. slang
a minor kind of prison. A country lock-up which contained no offices.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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