caging

Variant of cage

cage definition

cage (kāj)

noun

  1. a box or enclosed structure made of wires, bars, etc., for confining birds or animals
  2. a fenced-in area as for confining prisoners of war
  3. any openwork structure or frame, as some elevator cars
  4. Archaic a jail
  5. Baseball batting cage
  6. Hockey the network frame that is the goal

Etymology: ME & OFr < L cavea, hollow place, cage < cavus, hollow: see cave

transitive verb caged, caging cag′·ing

to put or confine, as in a cage

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