SHOOTING BOX Definition & Meaning

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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of shooting box¹

First recorded in 1805–15

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“You go to the shooting range and watch people shoot,” he said, “and they are shooting boxes and boxes and boxes and cases and cases and cases of shells in the ranges.”

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

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“Oh!” he responded again, “that is a shooting box of Lord Killfots.”

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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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