trapshooting

[ trap-shoo-ting ]
/ ˈtræpˌʃu tɪŋ /

noun

the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
Compare skeet1.

Origin of trapshooting

1870–75; trap1 + shooting

OTHER WORDS FROM trapshooting

trap·shoot·er, noun

Words nearby trapshooting

British Dictionary definitions for trapshooting

trapshooting
/ (ˈtræpˌʃuːtɪŋ) /

noun

the sport of shooting at clay pigeons thrown up by a trap

Derived forms of trapshooting

trapshooter, noun