trap house
or traphouse
noun
a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
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Origin of trap house
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby trap house
trapezoidal rule, trapezoid ligament, trapezoid line, trapezoid rule, trap gun, trap house, traplight, trapline, trappean, Trappe, La, trapper
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Example sentences from the Web for trap house
She found it in every trap-house they came to—death—man death.
Kazan|James Oliver Curwood