shooting brake

American

noun

British.

station wagon.

shooting brake British

noun

a former name for estate car

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Etymology

Origin of shooting brake

First recorded in 1910–15; earlier, a light horse-drawn wagonette; compare break, brake bodiless carriage frame, wagonette (< ?)

Example Sentences

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Like the FF, the GTC4Lusso is a shooting brake, a relatively rare body style that is best described as a station wagon and a coupe smashed together into one glorious package.

From The Verge • Feb. 26, 2016

George VI rolled out of Balmoral Castle to startle Aberdeenshire gillies with his new "shooting brake," a luxurious caterpillar-wheeled contraption with sliding win dows, special gun racks, facilities for serving lunch to ten guests.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Motor Body."—"One man can change from a tonneau to a landaulette, shooting brake, or racing car in two minutes, and, when fixed, cannot be told from ANY fixed body."—Advt. in the "Autocar."

From Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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