Cageling
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noun.
A bird kept as a pet in a cage.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A bird kept in a cage; a cage-bird.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
bird
that is kept
confined
in a
cage
.
Word Usage
"Or am I as a child perhaps, chasing a flown cageling, who among the branches free plays and peeps at the offered cage (as a home not to be urged on him), and means to take his time of coming, if he comes at all?"