shooting box

shooting box
Chiefly Brit.
a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season. Also called shooting lodge.
[1805-15]

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  • Shooting box — Shooting Shoot ing, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [1913 Webster] {Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shooting box — or shooting lodge n. Chiefly Brit. a small house or lodge used by hunters during hunting season …   English World dictionary

  • shooting box — noun a small country house used by hunters during the shooting season • Syn: ↑shooting lodge • Hypernyms: ↑country house * * * noun or shooting lodge chiefly Britain : a cabin or small house in the country for use in the shooting …   Useful english dictionary

  • shooting box — noun Brit. a lodge used by hunters in the shooting season …   English new terms dictionary

  • shooting box — hunter s cabin, hunter s lodge …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Shooting — Shoot ing, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [1913 Webster] {Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true. {Shooting box} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shooting board — Shooting Shoot ing, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [1913 Webster] {Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shooting gallery — Shooting Shoot ing, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [1913 Webster] {Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shooting iron — Shooting Shoot ing, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [1913 Webster] {Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shooting star — Shooting Shoot ing, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [1913 Webster] {Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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