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What is the noun for caging?

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cage

an enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
the passenger compartment of a lift
(field hockey) the goal.
(US derogatory slang) automobile
(figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
(athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
(obsolete) A place of confinement for malefactors.
An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
(engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
(mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
(baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
(graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
Synonyms:

pen, coop, pound, corral, enclosure, hutch, birdcage, mew, aviary, fold, gaol, jail, pinfold, compound, parrock, paddock, yard, kraal, potrero, run, stockade, box, shelter, confine, lock-up, greenyard, sty, animal shelter, stall, sheepfold, courtyard, court, close, ring, field, pasture, meadow, park, quadrangle, cubicle, compartment, quad, shed, patio, inclosure, loosebox, cloister, box stall, circumvallation … more

Examples:

“Quite impressed with their reverence, she walked over to the cage and placed her birds in the cage with them.”

cagewash

(sciences) Equipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.

cageling

(uncommon) A bird that is kept confined in a cage.
Examples:

“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?”

cagemate

An animal that shares the same cage as another.

cagework

A cage or cage-like structure.

caging

The act of placing or trapping something in a cage.
Synonyms:

confinement, enclosure, penning, corralling, surrounding, encirclement, encompassment, bounding, walling in, walling up … more

cagebird

A bird kept in a cage.

cageful

That which can fit into a cage.

cagelings

plural of cageling

cagebirds

plural of cagebird
Examples:

“Birds are also widely kept as cagebirds, from songbirds to parrots.”

cagemates

plural of cagemate

cageworks

plural of cagework

cagewashes

plural of cagewash

cagefuls

plural of cageful

cagings

plural of caging
Synonyms:

confinement, enclosure, pennings, surroundings, encirclement, encompassment, bounding

cages

plural of cage
Synonyms:

pens, coops, pounds, corrals, enclosure, hutches, birdcages, mews, aviaries, folds, gaols, jail, pinfolds, compounds, parrocks, paddocks, kraals, yards, potreros, runs, shelters, animal shelters, confines, henhouses, stockades, boxes, lock-ups, sties, stalls, sheepfolds, courtyards, courts, rings, closes, parks, meadows, fields, pasture, inclosure, box stalls, patios, sheds, cloisters, quads, compartments, cubicles, looseboxes, quadrangles, circumvallations, farms … more

Examples:

“In the study, male meadow voles were paired with sexually receptive females in two cages.”

“The strongest animals will never allow themselves to be captured and put in cages.”

“Install supports like stakes, trellises, and tomato cages at planting time.”

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