Definition of "shooting-box" [shooting-box]

• A small house or lodge for the accommodation of a sportsman or sportsmen during the shooting-season. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I never wish to go to a great castle again; above all, I never wish to go to a little shooting-box."
• "I had forgotten the ducks and the cold, and, suddenly presented as a shooting-box in inclement weather, the Dulcibella lost ground in my estimation, which she had latterly gained."
• "The Bullers at one time lived chiefly in Cornwall, and Downes was originally a shooting-box."