Meaning Of Cage

n.

A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.

n.

A place of confinement for malefactors

n.

An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.

n.

A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.

n.

A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.

n.

The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.

n.

The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

n.

The catcher's wire mask.

v. i.

To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.