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shooting box

noun

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


shooting box

noun

  1. a small country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season Also calledshooting lodge
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of shooting box1

First recorded in 1805鈥15
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鈥淵ou go to the shooting range and watch people shoot,鈥 he said, 鈥渁nd they are shooting boxes and boxes and boxes and cases and cases and cases of shells in the ranges.鈥

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I shall have a shooting box in Scotland and a town house in London.

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鈥淥h!鈥 he responded again, 鈥渢hat is a shooting box of Lord Killfots.鈥

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In Great Britain, these residences would be designated as "shooting boxes."

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Then it was a big, comfortable shooting box, with a good cook, an old-fashioned barn, and, behind it, kennels for half a dozen clever dogs.

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