a kite with an oblong, box-shaped framework, open at the ends and along the middle
box kite in American English
noun
a tailless kite consisting of two or more light, box-shaped frames joined together, covered except at the ends and around the middle
Word origin
[1895–1900]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: apothecaries' measure, backstage, cutback, hit-and-run, slapstick