shooting box
a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
Origin of shooting box
1- 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. SouthworthThe Bullers at one time lived chiefly in Cornwall, and Downes was originally a shooting-box.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts | Rosalind NorthcoteThere 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 MacGrathA 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 WhiteThe 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
a small country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season: Also called: shooting lodge
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