Cage

CAGE

-noun

1. an enclosure, usually made with bars or wire, for keeping birds, monkeys, mice, etc

2. a thing or place that confines or imprisons

3. something resembling a cage in function or structure

4. the enclosed platform of a lift, especially as used in a mine

5. engineering . a skeleton ring device that ensures that the correct amount of space is maintained between the individual rollers or balls in a rolling bearing

6. informal  the basket used in basketball

7. informal  the goal in ice hockey

8. (US) a steel framework on which guns are supported

-verb

9. (trans.) to confine in or as in a cage

A massive ornate cage

With enthusiastic singing birds

Clamouring for release