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birdcage \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: Middle English, from bird + cage 1. : a cage for confining birds 2. : something resembling a birdcage (as a wire cage for dice) 3. : chuck-a-luck 4. Britain : a paddock in which horses are saddled at a racecourse 5. : a double-block construction to allow the top of a tilt-top table to revolve as well as to tip up when not in use |