bone-cage en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any rigid bony enclosure that protects or houses soft tissues, as the ribcage.
It would keep the bone-cage of his body safe: no enemy's clasp would crush him in it, no vicious armlock choke his life out.
1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 47:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bone-cages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |