hunting box

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

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

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Etymology

Origin of hunting box

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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

He uses it as a sort of hunting box in the rabbit shooting season.

From The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly by Burnham, Margaret

We have had two days in the country with the D.s at their little hunting box at Bicester, one of the great hunting centres.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

“If you are going to persuade me to hunt in the East Wessex country this season,” said Yeovil, “you must find me a convenient hunting box somewhere down there.”

From When William Came by Saki

Two field guns, and the two howitzers, were placed a little in advance of the hunting box, facing the French position on the mound.

From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)