cagen.

Brit.

/keɪdʒ/, U.S.

/keɪdʒ/

Forms: Also Middle English kage, 1500s kaig, cadge.

Etymology: < French cage (= Italian gaggia) < late Latin *cavja < Latin cavea hollow, cavity, dungeon, cell, cage, < cavus hollow. The phonetic development was as in rage, sage < Latin rabies, *sapius.

I. Generally and non-technically.

1. A box or place of confinement for birds and other animals (or, in barbarous times, for human beings), made wholly or partly of wire, or with bars of metal or wood, so as to admit air and light, while preventing the creature's escape.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > animal house > cage or hutch

cage?c1225

grate1552

hutch1607

weighing-cage1819

perchery1985

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > specific types of

cage?c1225

waterless pit1571

strongroom1676

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 81 As brid deð of cage.

c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 611 Briddes..that men in cages fede.

a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. B.i Was neuer byrde in cage More gentle of corage.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxxii. 204 They do kepe in a kaig in the churche a white cocke and a hen.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 500 Lyke a common skold in a Cage.

1649 R. Lovelace To Althea 156 Stone walls do not a prison make Nor iron bars a cage.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 74 As nimble as a Squirrel in a Bell-Cage.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 139 Kept in Cages like tame Canary Birds.

1727 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. Eccl. & Civil (1757) III. 319 The Countess of Buquhan..was put into a wooden cage, and placed as a ridiculous sight to the people on the walls of Berwick castle.

1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 198 So we make water cages for our fish.

†a. ‘A prison for petty malefactors’ (Johnson); a lock-up. Obsolete.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up

roundhousec1437

cagea1500

stress house1505

lock-up1746

goose-house1841

booby hatch1859

prison camp1865

hold-over1888

booby-hutch1889

charge-house1900

a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 2770 As cowart thus schamfully to ly Excludit in to cage frome chewalry.

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 53 His father had no house but the Cage.

c1604 Charlemagne (1938) v. 89 May Constables to cadges styll comend theym.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 127 A small Timber Structure resembling the Cage of a Country Burrough.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 209 It has..a market-place—a cage—an assembly-room.

a1850 W. M. Thackeray Fatal Boots x I found myself in a cage in Cursitor Street.

b. A (barbed-wire) camp enclosure for prisoners of war. colloquial.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > camp for prisoners of war

depot1803

cage1919

Oflag1940

Stalag1940

Stalag Luft1940

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 15 Cage, a prisoner of war compound.

1939 War Illustr. 7 Oct. 102 Polish prisoners are seen in a ‘cage’ to which they have been marched immediately after capture.

1956 A. Crawley Escape from Germany xxvii. 280 Having seen that capture was inevitable..he had..packed three large suitcases..to take..to whatever ‘cage’ he was sent.

3. figurative. That which confines or imprisons.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which

fetterOE

shackle?c1225

cagec1300

chainc1374

to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380

corda1382

gablea1555

obligation1582

hamper1613

tethera1628

girdlea1630

confiner1654

trammela1657

cramp1719

swathe1864

tie1868

lockstep1963

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > that which

fetterOE

shackle?c1225

cagec1300

chainc1374

to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380

corda1382

gablea1555

obligation1582

manacle1587

hamper1613

tethera1628

girdlea1630

confiner1654

trammela1657

cramp1719

swathe1864

tie1868

c1300 K. Alis. 5011 Than she gooth to dethes cage.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 351 Thus was thy lyf, lady, kepte in cage.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxxxi, in Poems (1878) IV. 158 Soules enfranchis'd, from the torne-vp Cage Of flesh.

a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 143 The Cage of Flesh, wherein the Soul is penn'd.

1854 D. Brewster More Worlds 72 An immortal soul..imprisoned in a cage of cartilage and of skin.

a. Anything resembling a cage in structure or purpose.

†b. A scaffold, elevated stage or seat.

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the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > quality of being raised or elevated > raised level surface or platform

plancher1295

staging1323

cagea1400

scaffoldc1405

mounture?a1425

halpace1507

wharf1533

platform1557

plat1559

foot pace1571

theatre1587

scenec1612

estrade1696

suggestum1705

tribune1763

scaffolding1787

estrado1838

dais1861

deck1872

a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 162 I am kynge knowyn in kage.

a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 166 Heyl, be thou kynge in kage full hye.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 57/2 Cage, catasta.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bvij^v Upon the packsaddels [of an elephant], they haue on euery side a litle house or towre, or cage, (if you list so to cal it) made of wood.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 7 We must vp fill this oasier Cage of ours, With balefull weeds, and precious iuyced flowers.

1884 Western Daily Press 28 Nov. 7/4 By the term crinolette, we by no means allude to the preposterously ugly and attached ‘cage’ which was formerly tied round the waist.

1887 Pall Mall Budg. 31 Mar. 2 The ludicrous and offensive object known as the ‘cage’ in the Ladies' Gallery of the House of Commons.

c. = cage-work n. 2.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun]

cage1555

cage-worka1618

dead-work1653

quick-work1711

floatage1839

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. v. f. 114^v Defended by the cages or pauisses of the shyppes and their targettes.

II. In various technical uses.

5. Mining.

a. ‘A frame with one or more platforms for cars, used in hoisting in a vertical shaft’.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > cage

safety cage1839

cage1851

pit cage1869

1851 J. Hedley Coal-mines 124 Tubs full or empty in the cage.

1855 Leisure Hour 474 We must step into this ‘cage’, which, you perceive, is a kind of vertical railway carriage.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 249 The rabbit has..no cage with which to haul up the sand he has moved.

1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 733 The Cage, an iron structure open at two sides, fitted into two wooden guides fixed to the sides of the shaft.

b. The barrel of a whim on which the rope is wound; a drum.

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1854 J. D. Whitney Metallic Wealth U.S. 73 The cage, or drum on which the rope is wound.

1856 W. Bainbridge Law Mines (ed. 2) 654 Cage..also, the barrel for a whim-pipe.

6. A confining framework of various kinds.

a. Carpentry (see quot.).

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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cage, in carpentry, signifies an outer work of timber, enclosing another within it. In this sense we say, the cage of a windmill. The cage of a stair-case denotes the wooden sides or walls which enclose it.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 941 Cage, in carpentry, is an outer work of timber inclosing another within it.

b. The framework in which a peal of bells is hung.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other parts

yokeOE

stirrup1341

cod1379

bell-string1464

frame1474

stock1474

ear1484

poop1507

bell-wheel1529

skirt1555

guarder1583

imp1595

tab1607

jennet1615

pluck1637

bell-rope1638

cagea1640

cannon1668

stilt1672

canon1688

crown1688

sound-bow1688

belfry1753

furniture1756

sounding bow1756

earlet1833

brima1849

busk-board1851

headstock1851

sally hole1851

slider1871

mushroom head1872

sally beam1872

pit1874

tolling-lever1874

sally-pin1879

sally-pulley1901

sally-wheel1901

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §107 108 A cage of four small broken bells.

1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church ix. 309 At East Bergholt, Suffolk, there is a ring of five heavy bells..in a cage in the churchyard.

c. A framework confining a ball-valve within a certain range of motion.

d. A wire guard over the mouth of a pipe, etc., to allow the passage of liquids and prevent that of solids.

e. A cup with a glass bottom and cover, to hold a drop of water containing organisms for microscopic examination.

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1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 181/1 [Microscope] Capillary cages for containing animalculæ in water.

7. A vessel formed of iron hoops or bars, to contain burning combustibles (see quot. 1867).

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > light beacon or lighthouse

fire towereOE

lightc1425

firehouse1450

pharec1450

pharos1550

light tower1588

lantern1601

watchtower1601

lighthouse1606

lowlight1655

sea-light1691

obeliscolychny1694

light1791

leading light1796

cage1867

flare1883

fanal-

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 171 Those who fish for them [anchovies] go out in boats, with a cage of burning charcoal fastened to each boat.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cage, an iron cage formed of hoops on the top of a pole, and filled with combustibles to blaze for two hours. It is lighted one hour before high-water, and marks an intricate channel navigable for the period it burns.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 108 The entrances of channels..shall be marked by spiral buoys with or without staff and globe, or triangle, cage, etc.

8. Falconry. A frame to carry hawks upon. See cadge n.¹

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > carrying frame

cadge1614

cage1828

1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 64 The hawks are tied upon the cage as upon a perch.

1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. iv. i. §3. 291 The oblong cage is four feet six inches by two feet.

9. (See quot. 1883.)

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1883 Wood in Sunday Mag. Oct. 628/2 The nest of the squirrel is known in some parts of England by the name of ‘cage’.

Compounds

C1. General attributive. Also cage-work n.

cage-bar n.

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1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxv. 81 Beating their wings in vain against the mocking cage-bars of necessity.

cage-bird n.

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the world > animals > birds > wild or domestic birds > [noun] > domestic > kept in cage or aviary

cage-bird1626

volary1693

cageling1859

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §834 Pigeons and Horses thrive best, if their Houses, and Stables be kept Sweet: And so of Cage-Birds.

cage-ful n.

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1881 Athenæum 5 Mar. 329/3 A cageful of common finches.

cageless adj.

ΚΠ

a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 185 The Cageless Wild-bird.

cage-maker n.

ΚΠ

1693 London Gaz. No. 2837/4 A Germain New Fashion Cage-maker.

cage-mate n.

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1904 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 10/1 Till he becomes acquainted through the bars with the animals that are in future to be his cage-mates.

1925 ‘J. Doyle’ Marmosite's Misc. 10 Little David Garnett, a cage-mate of mine.

cage-seller n.

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?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Pouche makers, belowfarmes, and cage sellers.

C2.

cage aerial n. (see quot. 1926).

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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > aerial

radiator1897

aerial wire1899

aerial1902

antenna1902

loop antenna1906

loop aerial1913

twin aerial1913

frame aerial1916

loop1922

beam aerial1926

cage aerial1926

Adcock1928

dipole1929

V antenna1932

beam antenna1935

rig1935

horn1936

whip1940

whip aerial1941

whip antenna1943

polyrod1945

unipole1945

slot aerial1946

slot antenna1946

dish1948

quad1951

V aerial1961

dish aerial1962

rectenna1964

omni-antenna1966

monopole1974

1926 S. O. Pearson Dict. Wireless Terms Cage Aerial, an aerial in which a number of component wires are held in position round small star-shaped spreaders or round small hoops in such a manner as to form a ‘cage’. This is done to reduce the high-frequency resistance of the aerial.

Draft additions September 2013

A secure (usually barred) enclosure for the cashier in a bank, casino, etc.

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1892 Bankers' Mag. June 983 The tellers' cages are at the extreme west, and are very complete in their appointments.

1984 N.Y. Times 28 Jan. i. 9/4 Cash equivalent to the spurious ‘fill’ slips was removed from the casino cashier's cage, the books were balanced and the skim was complete.

2006 M. McDermott Working-class White 105 At least one cashier had to be in the cage at all times.

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Cycling. A water bottle holder consisting of a framework of wire, plastic, etc., which is fastened to a bicycle frame.Recorded earliest in bottle cage n. at bottle n.³ Compounds 8.

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1959 R. English Adventure Cycling xv. 136 Other campling equipment..two or three plastic bags for storing food, screw-capped pot for sugar, feeding bottles (for drinking water—these can be carried in a bottle-cage on the handlebar).

1973 Winnipeg Free Press 11 Apr. 84/2 (advt.) 10-speed option pack—Contains..bottle and cage, toe clips and straps, pant clips.

1995 Kay's Catal. Autumn–Winter 1102/1 British Eagle Cannon 15 speed... Shimano index gears with gripshift gear change... Water bottle and alloy cage.

2001 Bike Chain (YHA Adventure Shops) Summer 8 Either use a bottle in a cage attached to the frame, or a hydration system with a tube coming from a reservoir on your back.

Draft additions September 2013

ˈcage-like adj.

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1760 Gentleman's Diary 43 I Homeward to my Cage-like Cell retire.

1851 E. Lear Jrnls. Landscape Painter 31 A cage-like palisade.

1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 10 June 12 You have to wait for the train in a cage-like sort of place, packed like sardines.

2004 T. Roper Steamie (2005) xiv. 90 The clothes were dried out by..draping them over wooden rods that were encased in a cage-like contraption.

Draft additions January 2011

Sport (originally U.S.).

a. Baseball. More fully batting cage. A large frame covered with wire mesh or netting forming a structure in which a player stands while practising batting (indoors or outdoors).

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1884 N.-Y. Times 11 May 5/6 They have had to content themselves with practice at batting in the cage in the gymnasium.

1900 G. Patten Rockspur Nine ii. 23 Some of the boys were already on the buckboard, while others were stowing away bats, cage and body-protector under the seats.

1933 Amer. Boy Sept. 10/1 He saved us the price of a new batting cage by finding some old chicken wire, part of an old baby buggy and recasting it into a serviceable homemade backstop.

1988 J. Hunter & A. Keteyian Catfish 79 I walked into the cage for pregame batting practice around 4:30.

2000 Twist Special No Way! Summer 37/3 I met this girl and wanted to spend my time with her instead of the batting cage.

b. Esp. in field hockey or ice hockey: the goal; = goal cage n. at goal n. Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > goal

goal1577

hail1843

net1856

stick1876

cage1885

1885 Boston Daily Globe 6 Feb. 4/2 Menard got the first rush, but the ball went to the Brockton cage.

1947 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Nov. 12/2 The visitors tallied for the first time in the opening minutes of the game when Ann Worthington sent a hard shot into the corner of the cage.

1968 J. Proudfoot Pro Hockey 119 The goalkeeper is granted a small protected area in front of his cage. This is called the crease.

2002 Eastern Eye 26 July 77/4 Sohail can unleash his lethal thunderbolts into the opposition's cage at a speed in excess of 80 mph.

c. Basketball. A barrier of netting surrounding the court (now historical). Hence (attributive): of or designating the game of basketball itself, as cage game, cage team.

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1898 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 20 Aug. 6/1 Every cage in the [basketball] league will be made with the same dimensions as the Trenton cage.

1907 T. H. Smith Official Basket Ball Guide & Protective Assoc. Rules for 1907–'08 25 The cage game has for the first time been recognized and provided for.

1926 Washington Post 28 Jan. 18/5 The game will be played in the cage.., which insures a maximum amount of action and speed at all times.

1988 Basketball Scene Ann. 98/1 The foremost problem for a non-aligned cage team is that it must play a very demanding slate of opponents.

1997 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. (Nexis) 14 Oct. (Sports section) 5 Bill, who had also played basketball for the Hoosiers, was drafted as cage coach for the Bulldogs for one season during World War II.

d. Originally in professional wrestling: an enclosure in which an organized fight takes place. Frequently attributive, as cage fight, cage match, etc. Cf. cage fighting n. (b) at Additions.

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1958 Los Angeles Times 26 Feb. c3 (heading) Wrestlers mix inside ‘cage’ at Olympic tonight... A unique atmosphere of having the inside of the ring encircled by a 6-foot-high chicken-wire fence.

1962 Winnipeg Free Press 30 June 50/1 (heading) Wrestling... Main event—No time limit cage match.

1978 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 17 July 49 (advt.) Steel cage bout! ‘No holds barred.’

1987 Pacific Stars & Stripes 7 June 29/1 The scene..looked more like a professional wrestling cage fight on stateside late night television than a martial arts bout.

1989 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 2 Sept. 7 The various cage fighters are played by champions in the various martial arts.

2000 Sunday Tel. (Mass.) (Nexis) 13 Aug. b5 He prefers to be in a cage when fighting, because a fighter is guaranteed not to get tossed out of the ring.

2007 S. Sheridan Fighter's Heart 52 There is a notorious image of him from a cage fight in Canada, in which he is covered in blood.

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cage fighting n. (a) the actions of a bird attempting to escape the confines of a cage (rare); (b) the sport of competitive fighting within a cage or enclosure, typically with few restrictions on fighting technique; cf. mixed martial arts n. at mixed adj.² Compounds 2.

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1900 A. R. Dugmore Bird Homes v. 26 Cage-fighting invariably takes place sooner or later;..cover the cage with fine wire mosquito netting, so that the bird may not be able to get his beak through.

1989 Sunday Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 26 Feb. e9/3 He's also excited about his starring role..as a Vietnam veteran captured and used by the Mafia in the underground sport of cage fighting.

2004 J. Laney & C. A. Mobley Gotcha 174 I have been fortunate to train with some very tough guys... Some of them are crazy enough to be into full-contact and no-holds-barred cage fighting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cage
释义	cagen. Brit. /keɪdʒ/, U.S. /keɪdʒ/ Forms: Also Middle English kage, 1500s kaig, cadge. Etymology: < French cage (= Italian gaggia) < late Latin cavja < Latin cavea* hollow, cavity, dungeon, cell, cage, < cavus hollow. The phonetic development was as in rage, sage < Latin rabies, sapius. I. Generally and non-technically. 1. A box or place of confinement for birds and other animals (or, in barbarous times, for human beings), made wholly or partly of wire, or with bars of metal or wood, so as to admit air and light, while preventing the creature's escape. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > animal house > cage or hutch cage?c1225 grate1552 hutch1607 weighing-cage1819 perchery1985 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > specific types of cage?c1225 waterless pit1571 strongroom1676 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle* (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 81 As brid deð of cage. c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 611 Briddes..that men in cages fede. a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. B.i Was neuer byrde in cage More gentle of corage. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxxii. 204 They do kepe in a kaig in the churche a white cocke and a hen. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 500 Lyke a common skold in a Cage. 1649 R. Lovelace To Althea 156 Stone walls do not a prison make Nor iron bars a cage. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 74 As nimble as a Squirrel in a Bell-Cage. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 139 Kept in Cages like tame Canary Birds. 1727 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. Eccl. & Civil (1757) III. 319 The Countess of Buquhan..was put into a wooden cage, and placed as a ridiculous sight to the people on the walls of Berwick castle. 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 198 So we make water cages for our fish. 2. †a. ‘A prison for petty malefactors’ (Johnson); a lock-up. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up roundhousec1437 cagea1500 stress house1505 lock-up1746 goose-house1841 booby hatch1859 prison camp1865 hold-over1888 booby-hutch1889 charge-house1900 a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 2770 As cowart thus schamfully to ly Excludit in to cage frome chewalry. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 53 His father had no house but the Cage. c1604 Charlemagne (1938) v. 89 May Constables to cadges styll comend theym. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 127 A small Timber Structure resembling the Cage of a Country Burrough. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 209 It has..a market-place—a cage—an assembly-room. a1850 W. M. Thackeray Fatal Boots x I found myself in a cage in Cursitor Street. b. A (barbed-wire) camp enclosure for prisoners of war. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > camp for prisoners of war depot1803 cage1919 Oflag1940 Stalag1940 Stalag Luft1940 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 15 Cage, a prisoner of war compound. 1939 War Illustr. 7 Oct. 102 Polish prisoners are seen in a ‘cage’ to which they have been marched immediately after capture. 1956 A. Crawley Escape from Germany xxvii. 280 Having seen that capture was inevitable..he had..packed three large suitcases..to take..to whatever ‘cage’ he was sent. 3. figurative. That which confines or imprisons. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 lockstep1963 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 manacle1587 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 c1300 K. Alis. 5011 Than she gooth to dethes cage. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 351 Thus was thy lyf, lady, kepte in cage. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxxxi, in Poems (1878) IV. 158 Soules enfranchis'd, from the torne-vp Cage Of flesh. a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 143 The Cage of Flesh, wherein the Soul is penn'd. 1854 D. Brewster More Worlds 72 An immortal soul..imprisoned in a cage of cartilage and of skin. 4. a. Anything resembling a cage in structure or purpose. †b. A scaffold, elevated stage or seat. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > quality of being raised or elevated > raised level surface or platform plancher1295 staging1323 cagea1400 scaffoldc1405 mounture?a1425 halpace1507 wharf1533 platform1557 plat1559 foot pace1571 theatre1587 scenec1612 estrade1696 suggestum1705 tribune1763 scaffolding1787 estrado1838 dais1861 deck1872 a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 162 I am kynge knowyn in kage. a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 166 Heyl, be thou kynge in kage full hye. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 57/2 Cage, catasta. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bvij^v Upon the packsaddels [of an elephant], they haue on euery side a litle house or towre, or cage, (if you list so to cal it) made of wood. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 7 We must vp fill this oasier Cage of ours, With balefull weeds, and precious iuyced flowers. View more context for this quotation 1884 Western Daily Press 28 Nov. 7/4 By the term crinolette, we by no means allude to the preposterously ugly and attached ‘cage’ which was formerly tied round the waist. 1887 Pall Mall Budg. 31 Mar. 2 The ludicrous and offensive object known as the ‘cage’ in the Ladies' Gallery of the House of Commons. c. = cage-work n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] cage1555 cage-worka1618 dead-work1653 quick-work1711 floatage1839 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. v. f. 114^v Defended by the cages or pauisses of the shyppes and their targettes. II. In various technical uses. 5. Mining. a. ‘A frame with one or more platforms for cars, used in hoisting in a vertical shaft’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > cage safety cage1839 cage1851 pit cage1869 1851 J. Hedley Coal-mines 124 Tubs full or empty in the cage. 1855 Leisure Hour 474 We must step into this ‘cage’, which, you perceive, is a kind of vertical railway carriage. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 249 The rabbit has..no cage with which to haul up the sand he has moved. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 733 The Cage, an iron structure open at two sides, fitted into two wooden guides fixed to the sides of the shaft. b. The barrel of a whim on which the rope is wound; a drum. ΚΠ 1854 J. D. Whitney Metallic Wealth U.S. 73 The cage, or drum on which the rope is wound. 1856 W. Bainbridge Law Mines (ed. 2) 654 Cage..also, the barrel for a whim-pipe. 6. A confining framework of various kinds. a. Carpentry (see quot.). ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cage, in carpentry, signifies an outer work of timber, enclosing another within it. In this sense we say, the cage of a windmill. The cage of a stair-case denotes the wooden sides or walls which enclose it. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 941 Cage, in carpentry, is an outer work of timber inclosing another within it. b. The framework in which a peal of bells is hung. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other parts yokeOE stirrup1341 cod1379 bell-string1464 frame1474 stock1474 ear1484 poop1507 bell-wheel1529 skirt1555 guarder1583 imp1595 tab1607 jennet1615 pluck1637 bell-rope1638 cagea1640 cannon1668 stilt1672 canon1688 crown1688 sound-bow1688 belfry1753 furniture1756 sounding bow1756 earlet1833 brima1849 busk-board1851 headstock1851 sally hole1851 slider1871 mushroom head1872 sally beam1872 pit1874 tolling-lever1874 sally-pin1879 sally-pulley1901 sally-wheel1901 a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §107 108 A cage of four small broken bells. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church ix. 309 At East Bergholt, Suffolk, there is a ring of five heavy bells..in a cage in the churchyard. c. A framework confining a ball-valve within a certain range of motion. d. A wire guard over the mouth of a pipe, etc., to allow the passage of liquids and prevent that of solids. e. A cup with a glass bottom and cover, to hold a drop of water containing organisms for microscopic examination. ΚΠ 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 181/1 [Microscope] Capillary cages for containing animalculæ in water. 7. A vessel formed of iron hoops or bars, to contain burning combustibles (see quot. 1867). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > light beacon or lighthouse fire towereOE lightc1425 firehouse1450 pharec1450 pharos1550 light tower1588 lantern1601 watchtower1601 lighthouse1606 lowlight1655 sea-light1691 obeliscolychny1694 light1791 leading light1796 cage1867 flare1883 fanal- 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 171 Those who fish for them [anchovies] go out in boats, with a cage of burning charcoal fastened to each boat. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cage, an iron cage formed of hoops on the top of a pole, and filled with combustibles to blaze for two hours. It is lighted one hour before high-water, and marks an intricate channel navigable for the period it burns. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 108 The entrances of channels..shall be marked by spiral buoys with or without staff and globe, or triangle, cage, etc. 8. Falconry. A frame to carry hawks upon. See cadge n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > carrying frame cadge1614 cage1828 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 64 The hawks are tied upon the cage as upon a perch. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. iv. i. §3. 291 The oblong cage is four feet six inches by two feet. 9. (See quot. 1883.) ΚΠ 1883 Wood in Sunday Mag. Oct. 628/2 The nest of the squirrel is known in some parts of England by the name of ‘cage’. Compounds C1. General attributive. Also cage-work n. cage-bar n. ΚΠ 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxv. 81 Beating their wings in vain against the mocking cage-bars of necessity. cage-bird n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > wild or domestic birds > [noun] > domestic > kept in cage or aviary cage-bird1626 volary1693 cageling1859 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §834 Pigeons and Horses thrive best, if their Houses, and Stables be kept Sweet: And so of Cage-Birds. cage-ful n. ΚΠ 1881 Athenæum 5 Mar. 329/3 A cageful of common finches. cageless adj. ΚΠ a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 185 The Cageless Wild-bird. cage-maker n. ΚΠ 1693 London Gaz. No. 2837/4 A Germain New Fashion Cage-maker. cage-mate n. ΚΠ 1904 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 10/1 Till he becomes acquainted through the bars with the animals that are in future to be his cage-mates. 1925 ‘J. Doyle’ Marmosite's Misc. 10 Little David Garnett, a cage-mate of mine. cage-seller n. ΚΠ ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Pouche makers, belowfarmes, and cage sellers. C2. cage aerial n. (see quot. 1926). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > aerial radiator1897 aerial wire1899 aerial1902 antenna1902 loop antenna1906 loop aerial1913 twin aerial1913 frame aerial1916 loop1922 beam aerial1926 cage aerial1926 Adcock1928 dipole1929 V antenna1932 beam antenna1935 rig1935 horn1936 whip1940 whip aerial1941 whip antenna1943 polyrod1945 unipole1945 slot aerial1946 slot antenna1946 dish1948 quad1951 V aerial1961 dish aerial1962 rectenna1964 omni-antenna1966 monopole1974 1926 S. O. Pearson Dict. Wireless Terms Cage Aerial, an aerial in which a number of component wires are held in position round small star-shaped spreaders or round small hoops in such a manner as to form a ‘cage’. This is done to reduce the high-frequency resistance of the aerial. Draft additions September 2013 A secure (usually barred) enclosure for the cashier in a bank, casino, etc. ΚΠ 1892 Bankers' Mag. June 983 The tellers' cages are at the extreme west, and are very complete in their appointments. 1984 N.Y. Times 28 Jan. i. 9/4 Cash equivalent to the spurious ‘fill’ slips was removed from the casino cashier's cage, the books were balanced and the skim was complete. 2006 M. McDermott Working-class White 105 At least one cashier had to be in the cage at all times. Draft additions September 2013 Cycling. A water bottle holder consisting of a framework of wire, plastic, etc., which is fastened to a bicycle frame.Recorded earliest in bottle cage n. at bottle n.³ Compounds 8. ΚΠ 1959 R. English Adventure Cycling xv. 136 Other campling equipment..two or three plastic bags for storing food, screw-capped pot for sugar, feeding bottles (for drinking water—these can be carried in a bottle-cage on the handlebar). 1973 Winnipeg Free Press 11 Apr. 84/2 (advt.) 10-speed option pack—Contains..bottle and cage, toe clips and straps, pant clips. 1995 Kay's Catal. Autumn–Winter 1102/1 British Eagle Cannon 15 speed... Shimano index gears with gripshift gear change... Water bottle and alloy cage. 2001 Bike Chain (YHA Adventure Shops) Summer 8 Either use a bottle in a cage attached to the frame, or a hydration system with a tube coming from a reservoir on your back. Draft additions September 2013 ˈcage-like adj. ΚΠ 1760 Gentleman's Diary 43 I Homeward to my Cage-like Cell retire. 1851 E. Lear Jrnls. Landscape Painter 31 A cage-like palisade. 1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 10 June 12 You have to wait for the train in a cage-like sort of place, packed like sardines. 2004 T. Roper Steamie (2005) xiv. 90 The clothes were dried out by..draping them over wooden rods that were encased in a cage-like contraption. Draft additions January 2011 Sport (originally U.S.). a. Baseball. More fully batting cage. A large frame covered with wire mesh or netting forming a structure in which a player stands while practising batting (indoors or outdoors). ΚΠ 1884 N.-Y. Times 11 May 5/6 They have had to content themselves with practice at batting in the cage in the gymnasium. 1900 G. Patten Rockspur Nine ii. 23 Some of the boys were already on the buckboard, while others were stowing away bats, cage and body-protector under the seats. 1933 Amer. Boy Sept. 10/1 He saved us the price of a new batting cage by finding some old chicken wire, part of an old baby buggy and recasting it into a serviceable homemade backstop. 1988 J. Hunter & A. Keteyian Catfish 79 I walked into the cage for pregame batting practice around 4:30. 2000 Twist Special No Way! Summer 37/3 I met this girl and wanted to spend my time with her instead of the batting cage. b. Esp. in field hockey or ice hockey: the goal; = goal cage n. at goal n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > goal goal1577 hail1843 net1856 stick1876 cage1885 1885 Boston Daily Globe 6 Feb. 4/2 Menard got the first rush, but the ball went to the Brockton cage. 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Nov. 12/2 The visitors tallied for the first time in the opening minutes of the game when Ann Worthington sent a hard shot into the corner of the cage. 1968 J. Proudfoot Pro Hockey 119 The goalkeeper is granted a small protected area in front of his cage. This is called the crease. 2002 Eastern Eye 26 July 77/4 Sohail can unleash his lethal thunderbolts into the opposition's cage at a speed in excess of 80 mph. c. Basketball. A barrier of netting surrounding the court (now historical). Hence (attributive): of or designating the game of basketball itself, as cage game, cage team. ΚΠ 1898 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 20 Aug. 6/1 Every cage in the [basketball] league will be made with the same dimensions as the Trenton cage. 1907 T. H. Smith Official Basket Ball Guide & Protective Assoc. Rules for 1907–'08 25 The cage game has for the first time been recognized and provided for. 1926 Washington Post 28 Jan. 18/5 The game will be played in the cage.., which insures a maximum amount of action and speed at all times. 1988 Basketball Scene Ann. 98/1 The foremost problem for a non-aligned cage team is that it must play a very demanding slate of opponents. 1997 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. (Nexis) 14 Oct. (Sports section) 5 Bill, who had also played basketball for the Hoosiers, was drafted as cage coach for the Bulldogs for one season during World War II. d. Originally in professional wrestling: an enclosure in which an organized fight takes place. Frequently attributive, as cage fight, cage match, etc. Cf. cage fighting n. (b) at Additions. ΚΠ 1958 Los Angeles Times 26 Feb. c3 (heading) Wrestlers mix inside ‘cage’ at Olympic tonight... A unique atmosphere of having the inside of the ring encircled by a 6-foot-high chicken-wire fence. 1962 Winnipeg Free Press 30 June 50/1 (heading) Wrestling... Main event—No time limit cage match. 1978 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 17 July 49 (advt.) Steel cage bout! ‘No holds barred.’ 1987 Pacific Stars & Stripes 7 June 29/1 The scene..looked more like a professional wrestling cage fight on stateside late night television than a martial arts bout. 1989 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 2 Sept. 7 The various cage fighters are played by champions in the various martial arts. 2000 Sunday Tel. (Mass.) (Nexis) 13 Aug. b5 He prefers to be in a cage when fighting, because a fighter is guaranteed not to get tossed out of the ring. 2007 S. Sheridan Fighter's Heart 52 There is a notorious image of him from a cage fight in Canada, in which he is covered in blood. Draft additions January 2011 cage fighting n. (a) the actions of a bird attempting to escape the confines of a cage (rare); (b) the sport of competitive fighting within a cage or enclosure, typically with few restrictions on fighting technique; cf. mixed martial arts n. at mixed adj.² Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1900 A. R. Dugmore Bird Homes v. 26 Cage-fighting invariably takes place sooner or later;..cover the cage with fine wire mosquito netting, so that the bird may not be able to get his beak through. 1989 Sunday Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 26 Feb. e9/3 He's also excited about his starring role..as a Vietnam veteran captured and used by the Mafia in the underground sport of cage fighting. 2004 J. Laney & C. A. Mobley Gotcha 174 I have been fortunate to train with some very tough guys... Some of them are crazy enough to be into full-contact and no-holds-barred cage fighting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cagev. Brit. /keɪdʒ/, U.S. /keɪdʒ/ Etymology: < cage n. a. transitive. To confine in, or as in, a cage; to imprison. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] beloukOE loukOE sparc1175 pena1200 bepen?c1225 pind?c1225 prison?c1225 spearc1300 stopc1315 restraina1325 aclosec1350 forbara1375 reclosea1382 ward1390 enclose1393 locka1400 reclusea1400 pinc1400 sparc1430 hamperc1440 umbecastc1440 murea1450 penda1450 mew?c1450 to shut inc1460 encharter1484 to shut up1490 bara1500 hedge1549 hema1552 impound1562 strain1566 chamber1568 to lock up1568 coop1570 incarcerate1575 cage1577 mew1581 kennel1582 coop1583 encagea1586 pound1589 imprisonc1595 encloister1596 button1598 immure1598 seclude1598 uplock1600 stow1602 confine1603 jail1604 hearse1608 bail1609 hasp1620 cub1621 secure1621 incarcera1653 fasten1658 to keep up1673 nun1753 mope1765 quarantine1804 peg1824 penfold1851 encoop1867 oubliette1884 jigger1887 corral1890 maroon1904 to bang up1950 to lock down1971 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] beclosec1000 setc1100 steekc1175 prison?c1225 adightc1275 imprison1297 laya1325 keepc1330 presentc1380 locka1400 throwc1422 commise1480 clapc1530 shop1548 to lay up1565 incarcerate1575 embar1590 immure1598 hole1608 trunk1608 to keep (a person) darka1616 carceir1630 enjaila1631 pocket1631 bridewell1733 bastille1745 cage1805 quod1819 bag1824 carcerate1839 to send down1840 jug1841 slough1848 to send up1852 to put away1859 warehouse1881 roundhouse1889 smug1896 to bang up1950 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xiv. 265 To be caged vp as in a coope. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. v. 46 The women are caged vp like linnets. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. vi. 67 They lie..Conquered and caged and fettered. 1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. xx. 431 When cities cage us in a social home. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. 21 I don't stay caged in my shop all day. b. To fit as a cage in the shaft of a mine. ΚΠ 1860 All Year Round 12 May 103 Baskets that would rarely be dangerous if they were caged and supplied with proper guide-rods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?c1225v.1577
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