shooting seat

noun

A small country house or residence used temporarily while shooting; a shooting box.

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Meanings

nounshooting seat (plural shooting seats)

plural shooting seats

  1. rareA small country house or residence used temporarily while shooting; a shooting box.

    Lord Elmwood, accompanied by Rushbrook, went to a small shooting seat, about twenty miles distant from Elmwood Castle, for a week's particular sport.

    1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Penguin, published 2009, page 273
  2. A walking stick that unfolds into a simple seat, originally used by shooters; a shooting stick.
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Chicago

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