Available Definitions:
1) n. - A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
2) n. - A place of confinement for malefactors
3) n. - An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
4) n. - A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
5) n. - A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
6) n. - The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
7) n. - The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
8) n. - The catcher's wire mask.
9) v. i. - To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.