Cageling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cageling is a noun meaning (uncommon) A bird that is kept confined in a cage.
Meaning
(uncommon) A bird that is kept confined in a cage.
Example Sentences
Semmacherib says that he cooped up King Hezekiah of Judah in Jerusalem like a cageling.
Am I as a child perhaps, chasing a flown cageling, who among the branches free plays and peeps at the offered cage?
Word Forms
- cagelings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cagework, caitive, celling, cavie, cawer, cavel.
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