Caging

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of placing or trapping something in a cage.

    "Commencing next summer, 30,000 tonnes of cliff face will be removed, and mesh-and-bolt caging installed on a three-mile section to stabilise the surface and prevent rock falls."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cage form-of, gerund, participle, present

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checkconstraintlockuprestraintrestriction

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"Commencing next summer, 30,000 tonnes of cliff face will be removed, and mesh-and-bolt caging installed on a three-mile section to stabilise the surface and prevent rock falls."

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