cagen.[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.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.(Gwilt.)4. (Mach.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.()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.()v. i. To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.(Cowper.)