What is the box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft called?
cage — The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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