cage

n. கூடு, கூண்டு, கண்ணறைப்பெட்டி, சிறை, (சுரங்.) பொறி ஊர்திகளை உயர்த்த அல்லது தாழ்த்த உதவும் சட்டம், கம்பி அடைப்பு, சிறு மணித் தொகுதிக்கான சட்டம், அழிச்சட்டம், (வினை) கூண்டில் அடை, சிறையிடு, சிறையில் வைத்திரு.

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Cage, n. Etym: [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.] 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. Cowper. 2. A place of confinement for malefactors Shak. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Lovelace. 3. (Carp.) Defn: An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt. 4. (Mach.) (a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. (b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes. 5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft. 6. (Mining) Defn: The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim. 7. (Baseball) Defn: The catcher's wire mask. Cage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged; p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.] Defn: To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. "Caged and starved to death." Cowper.