English edit

Etymology edit

From cage +‎ wash.

Noun edit

cagewash (plural cagewashes)

  1. (sciences) Equipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.
    • 1989, Laboratory Animal Science - Volume 39, Issues 4-6[1], page 537:
      Since the perches can go through a cagewash with the cages, less labor is involved than with tree branches or PVC perches.
    • 1996, Jonathan Y. Richmond, Proceedings of the 4th National Symposium on Biosafety[2], page 82:
      Ultimately all cages will come to the cagewash area.