cageling

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noun

A bird that is kept confined in a cage.

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Meanings

nouncageling (plural cagelings)

plural cagelings

  1. uncommonA bird that is kept confined in a cage.

    Semmacherib says that he cooped up King Hezekiah of Judah in Jerusalem like a cageling.

    1918, Paul Haupt, “English 'coop' == Assyrian 'Quppu',”, in Modern Language Notes, volume 33, number 7, page 434
    1 more example

    Am I as a child perhaps, chasing a flown cageling, who among the branches free plays and peeps at the offered cage?

    1869, R. D. Blackmore, chapter 20, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

Origin

From cage + -ling.

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cageling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cageling

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“cageling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cageling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cageling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cageling.

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