hunting ground

noun

a section or area for hunting game.

Words nearby hunting ground

hunting box, hunting case, hunting cat, hunting chair, hunting dogs, hunting ground, hunting horn, hunting knife, hunting leopard, hunting spider, hunting sword

Origin of hunting ground

An Americanism dating back to 1650–60

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Examples from the Web for hunting ground

Heaven is merely a hunting-ground; his language has no words to express abstract qualities, virtues, vices, or sentiments.
Western Characters|J. L. McConnel
Then away they all went for the hunting-ground—not in regular order, as before, but each one running at his best speed.
Red Hunters And the Animal People|Charles A. Eastman
They didn't worry much about us, for the heart of Anatolia wasn't a likely hunting-ground for suspicious characters.
Greenmantle|John Buchan
The great war party broke into fragments, each band betaking itself to its hunting-ground.
Pioneers Of France In The New World|Francis Parkman, Jr.

Their nascent civilisation will be dislocated if they are made the hunting-ground of labour agents.
The African Colony|John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for hunting ground

hunting ground

noun

the area of a hunt

Also called: happy hunting ground any place containing a supply of what is wanted or in which a search is conductedsome resorts are a happy hunting ground for souvenirs

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