Cage

·noun The catcher's wire mask.

II. Cage ·noun A place of confinement for malefactors.

III. Cage ·noun The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

IV. Cage ·vi To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.

V. Cage ·noun A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.

VI. Cage ·noun A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.

VII. Cage ·noun An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.

VIII. Cage ·noun The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.

IX. Cage ·noun A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.