Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An iron box or basket for holding fire; a cresset.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fire-cage.
Examples
-
On the male side Dickens presents: three men engaged in a game of bagatelle; another patient kneeling against the wall apparently deep in prayer; two walking rapidly up and down the long gallery arm-in-arm, but, as usual, without speaking together; a handsome young man deriving intense gratification from the motion of his fingers as he plays with them in the air; two men standing like pillars before the fire-cage; one man, with a newspaper under his arm, walking with great rapidity from one end of the corridor to the other, as if engaged in some important mission which admitted of not a moments delay.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
-
On the male side Dickens presents: three men engaged in a game of bagatelle; another patient kneeling against the wall apparently deep in prayer; two walking rapidly up and down the long gallery arm-in-arm, but, as usual, without speaking together; a handsome young man deriving intense gratification from the motion of his fingers as he plays with them in the air; two men standing like pillars before the fire-cage; one man, with a newspaper under his arm, walking with great rapidity from one end of the corridor to the other, as if engaged in some important mission which admitted of not a moments delay.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
-
On the male side Dickens presents: three men engaged in a game of bagatelle; another patient kneeling against the wall apparently deep in prayer; two walking rapidly up and down the long gallery arm-in-arm, but, as usual, without speaking together; a handsome young man deriving intense gratification from the motion of his fingers as he plays with them in the air; two men standing like pillars before the fire-cage; one man, with a newspaper under his arm, walking with great rapidity from one end of the corridor to the other, as if engaged in some important mission which admitted of not a moments delay.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.