Definition of "hunting-case" []

• A watch-case having a hinged cover to protect the crystal, originally against accidents in hunting. See hunting-watch. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Soon after the happy parents left, a watch came by express to the Magan homestead, and when Connor opened the hunting-case cover, after changing its position till he could see something besides his own twisted face reflected in it, and after wiping away the spray that would come into his eyes, he read:"
• "His watch was an old hunting-case which had belonged to his father."
• "The heavy hunting-case watch lying upon the dressing-case pointed to the wee small hours."