shooting box

noun Chiefly British.

a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.

Also called shooting lodge .

Origin of shooting box

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby shooting box

shooter, shoot for, shoot from the hip, shootie, Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match

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Example sentences from the Web for shooting box

The shooting-box was not a shanty, as he expected to find it, but a conveniently-arranged and neatly-constructed house.
The Boy Trapper|Harry Castlemon
It bore the postmark of a small Norfolk township, on the borders of which Mr Loftus had his shooting-box.
The Daughters of a Genius|Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
The shooting-box was a comfortably large and luxuriously-furnished building, and afforded accommodation for thirty guests.
Dr. Dumany's Wife|Mr Jkai
As for Mr. Fussell, he had done well for himself in the city, and now leased a shooting-box of his own.
A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2|Florence Warden

At Kinloch, he rented a shooting-box for eight weeks at a cost of $10,000.
Homestead|Arthur G. Burgoyne

British Dictionary definitions for shooting box

shooting box

noun

a small country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting seasonAlso called: shooting lodge

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单词	shooting box
释义	shooting box noun Chiefly British. a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season. Also called shooting lodge . Origin of shooting box First recorded in 1805–15 Words nearby shooting box shooter, shoot for, shoot from the hip, shootie, Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, shooting box, shooting brake, shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shooting box The shooting-box was not a shanty, as he expected to find it, but a conveniently-arranged and neatly-constructed house. The Boy Trapper\|Harry Castlemon It bore the postmark of a small Norfolk township, on the borders of which Mr Loftus had his shooting-box. The Daughters of a Genius\|Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey The shooting-box was a comfortably large and luxuriously-furnished building, and afforded accommodation for thirty guests. Dr. Dumany's Wife\|Mr Jkai As for Mr. Fussell, he had done well for himself in the city, and now leased a shooting-box of his own. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2\|Florence Warden At Kinloch, he rented a shooting-box for eight weeks at a cost of $10,000. Homestead\|Arthur G. Burgoyne British Dictionary definitions for shooting box shooting box noun a small country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting seasonAlso called: shooting lodge Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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