1. barred enclosure; prison; elevator. enclose in a cage; place in a cage. cagecage (kāj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. caged (kājd); p. pr. & vb. n. caging.] to confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. caged and starved to death.cage cage , n. [f. cage, fr. l. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. cf. cave, n., cajole, gabion.]