1.A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. "In his cage, like parrot fine and gay."
2.A place of confinement for malefactors "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage."
3.(Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
5.The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
6.(Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
7.(Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
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