What is an outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt called?
cage — (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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