loosebox

British

/ ˈluːsˌbɒks /

noun

an enclosed and covered stall with a door in which an animal can be confined

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Harbinger was aware in his every nerve of the sweetish, slightly acrid, husky odour of the loosebox, mingling with the scent of Barbara's hair and clothes.

From The Patrician by Galsworthy, John

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