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cageling

cageling noun: a bird that is kept confined in a cage.

Noun

cageling (plural cagelings)

  1. (uncommon) A bird that is kept confined in a cage.
    • 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
    • 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

cageling meaning in Tamil

cageling in Tamil

கூண்டுப்பறவை

Forms of cageling

pluralcagelings

Origin of cageling

From cage + -ling.

Questions about cageling

What does cageling mean?
Cageling means a bird that is kept confined in a cage.
What is cageling in Tamil?
Cageling in Tamil is கூண்டுப்பறவை. See Cageling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cageling?
Cageling is a noun.
What is the plural of cageling?
The plural of cageling is cagelings.

Words near cageling in the dictionary

  1. cageful
  2. cagefuls
  3. cageless
  4. cagelessness
  5. cagelike
  6. cageling
  7. cagelings
  8. cageman
  9. cagemate
  10. cagemates
  11. cagemen

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