Obs. exc. dial. Also cagel.
† 1. trans. To entangle. Hence Cadgelled.
1648. Hexham, Dutch Dict. (1660), In het garen vallen, to be catch, cadgeld, or entangled in a net … Verwerret garen, Cadgeld Yarne.
2. To harrow. dial.
1679. Plot, Staffordsh. (1686), 342. They cagel it with harrows to break the turf.
1847–78. Halliwell, Cagel, to harrow ground. North.
