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cagework

cagework

8.9
The skill of making wire or metal frames to hold animals
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : trabajo en metal
  • The artist specialized in cagework, creating intricate sculptures from thin metal rods.

Examples

  • Many antique birdcages display beautiful examples of traditional cagework craftsmanship.

  • Learning cagework requires patience and attention to detail, especially when shaping the wire.

  • The artist specializes in cagework for birds.

  • I admire her cagework skills.

  • The artist specialized in cagework, creating intricate sculptures from thin metal rods.

  • Learning cagework requires patience and attention to detail, especially when shaping the wire.

  • Many antique birdcages display beautiful examples of traditional cagework craftsmanship.

Synonyms

metalworking
vscagework
1 3.5

Work that shapes metal into useful or decorative objects with tools

focuses specifically on making wire or metal frameworks
metalwork
vscagework
1 3.8

Making objects by shaping and joining pieces of metal

is narrower, focusing on wire or metal frameworks
steelwork
vscagework
  • UK
3.9

Work of making or installing steel parts for buildings

uses various materials and focuses on smaller frameworks rather than large structures

How Complex

mastery
37 4.2
cagework
  • Specialized
8.9
technique
879 3.3
method
∞ 2.2

Surface Forms

cagework singular
cageworks plural

Morphology

cagework = cage + work (transparent) = cage + work

Clear compound where 'work' denotes the craft or product related to 'cage', analogous to compounds like 'metalwork'.

Etymology

Cagework comes from cage, an old word for a 'box' or 'basket', and work, meaning 'the making or skill of something'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the 'work' of making cages, so cagework also means the craft or skill of making cage-like frames.