shooting box

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noun Chiefly British.

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

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Also called shooting lodge .

Origin of shooting box

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby shooting box

shooter, shoot for, shoot from the hip, shootie, Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match

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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.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts|Rosalind Northcote
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.
Field Hospital and Flying Column|Violetta Thurstan

British Dictionary definitions for shooting box

shooting box

noun

a small country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting seasonAlso called: shooting lodge

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