hunting box

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a hunting lodge or house near or in a hunting area for use during the hunting season.

---

Etymology

Origin of hunting box

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hunting box

The Guests have homes in Palm Beach and Roslyn, L.I., and rent a "hunting box" in Virginia, have turned their Manhattan apartment into a showcase for their English and French antiques and porcelains.

From Time Magazine Archive

She left him free—that he knew; he could still carry out his hunting box programme in full.

From Mufti by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

“They have purchased the hunting box close to the — Hall, and are going there now,” said the first.

From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick

Admiral Sir David Beatty, of North Sea fame, has a hunting box at Brooksby Hall, in the Melton Mowbray country.

From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Morgan, Wallace

Apropos of that hunting box," the gentleman added--he was one of the disinherited Wildenaus--"you might let me have it, Cousin.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von