shooting box

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

Also called shooting lodge.

Origin of shooting box

First recorded in 1805–15

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

shooting box

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