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shooting box
noun
, Chiefly British.
- a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
shooting box
noun
- a small country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season Also calledshooting lodge
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shooting box1
First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences
I have a pleasant little shooting-box at the foot of Ben Lone.
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The Bullers at one time lived chiefly in Cornwall, and Downes was originally a shooting-box.
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There was a fine course inland, a cross-country going of not less than twenty miles, a shooting-box, and excellent golf-links.
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A few moments later the two men, opening the door of the shooting-box, plunged into a murk of blue tobacco smoke.
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The Tsar has a shooting-box here in the midst of beautiful woods, and two rooms had been set apart in this house for our Column.
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