cage-workn.

Etymology: < cage n. + work n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcage-work.

1. Open work like the bars of a cage; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] > essential elements > mere essential elements

cage-work1635

bone1647

skeleton1647

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > framework

frame1558

truss1654

cage-work1756

lathing1756

grillage1776

trestle1796

trestlework1853

hog frame1875

truss-work1884

steel framework1906

space frame1912

diagrid1943

1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. ii. xxiv. 173 If this foundation of the mixture of the two natures in Christ bee taken away, all the Cage-worke of the Theodosians, that the Mediatour is mortall, and of the Armenians, that hee could not suffer, must needes bee rotten and unable to stand.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 135 Malmeudy..consists of about a thousand houses, mostly of cage-work.

†2. Nautical (see quots.) Obsolete.

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

a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. Royal Navy (1650) 15 But men of better sort..would be glad to find more steadinesse and lesse tottering Cadge worke.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Cage-work, the uppermost carved Works of a Ship's Hull.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xx The English fashion was to heighten the ship..also by stockades (‘close-fights and cage-work’) on the poop and fore-castle, thus giving to the men a shelter.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cage-wrock, an old term for a ship's upper works.

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

单词	cage-work
释义	cage-workn. Etymology: < cage n. + work n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcage-work. 1. Open work like the bars of a cage; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] > essential elements > mere essential elements cage-work1635 bone1647 skeleton1647 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > framework frame1558 truss1654 cage-work1756 lathing1756 grillage1776 trestle1796 trestlework1853 hog frame1875 truss-work1884 steel framework1906 space frame1912 diagrid1943 1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. ii. xxiv. 173 If this foundation of the mixture of the two natures in Christ bee taken away, all the Cage-worke of the Theodosians, that the Mediatour is mortall, and of the Armenians, that hee could not suffer, must needes bee rotten and unable to stand. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 135 Malmeudy..consists of about a thousand houses, mostly of cage-work. †2. Nautical (see quots.) Obsolete. 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 a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. Royal Navy (1650) 15 But men of better sort..would be glad to find more steadinesse and lesse tottering Cadge worke. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Cage-work, the uppermost carved Works of a Ship's Hull. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xx The English fashion was to heighten the ship..also by stockades (‘close-fights and cage-work’) on the poop and fore-castle, thus giving to the men a shelter. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cage-wrock, an old term for a ship's upper works. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1618
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