A place or position from which a hunter shoots game; (now esp.) an elevated platform, chair, etc., used for this purpose.

A standing place, a station; standing room. A place from which a hunter shoots game; = stand, n.1 16. rare and historical after 17th cent.

An oblong box or boat submerged to the brim, used in wildfowl shooting; = sink, n.1 14. Also attributive, as battery-gunner, battery-shooting. U.S.

a pit made by a sportsman for purposes of concealment.

A concealed stand for grouse-shooting, screened by a low wall of turf or stone.

A shelter, esp. for a sentry or watchman; spec. †a sportsman's hide (obsolete). Also (Australian): a movable shelter for sleeping, spec. †one in…