shooting box


nounChiefly British.
  1. a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.

Origin of shooting box

1
First recorded in 1805–15
  • Also called shooting lodge .

Words Nearby shooting box

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How to use shooting box in a sentence

  • I have a pleasant little shooting-box at the foot of Ben Lone.

    The Lost Lady of Lone | E.D.E.N. Southworth
  • The Bullers at one time lived chiefly in Cornwall, and Downes was originally a shooting-box.

  • There was a fine course inland, a cross-country going of not less than twenty miles, a shooting-box, and excellent golf-links.

    Hearts and Masks | Harold MacGrath
  • A few moments later the two men, opening the door of the shooting-box, plunged into a murk of blue tobacco smoke.

    The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward White
  • The Tsar has a shooting-box here in the midst of beautiful woods, and two rooms had been set apart in this house for our Column.

British Dictionary definitions for shooting box

shooting box

noun
  1. a small country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season: Also called: shooting lodge

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