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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
     Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Shooting board (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or
        shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane
        is guided and the board held true.
  
     Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
        shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
  
     Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
        for practice with firearms.
  
     Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]
  
     Shooting star.
     (a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing
         suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,
         and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a
         few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also falling
         star.
  
     Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which
           encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which
           become visible by coming with planetary velocity into
           the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain
           periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,
           they appear for a few hours in great numbers,
           apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,
           such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star
           showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,
           were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of
           comets. See Leonids, Perseids.
     (b) (Bot.) The American cowslip ({Dodecatheon Meadia). See
         under Cowslip.
  
     Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,
        used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
        --Hansard.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a.
     Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
  
     Shooting board (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or
        shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane
        is guided and the board held true.
  
     Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the
        shooting season. --Prof. Wilson.
  
     Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets
        for practice with firearms.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  shooting box
       n : a small country house used by hunters during the shooting
           season [syn: shooting lodge]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shooting box
     n.
     1 A box in which shooting or hunting equipment is stored.
     2 A small house in the country for use in the shooting season.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shooting box
     n.
     1 A box in which shooting or hunting equipment is stored.
     2 A small house in the country for use in the shooting season.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shooting box
     n.
     1 A box in which shooting or hunting equipment is stored.
     2 A small house in the country for use in the shooting season.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shooting box
     n.
     1 A box in which shooting or hunting equipment is stored.
     2 A small house in the country for use in the shooting season.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shooting box /ʃˈuːtɪŋ bˈɒks/
   [Br.] einfache Jagdhütte
   see: hunting lodge, shooting lodge, lodge, hunting lodges, shooting lodges, lodges
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shoot.ing box /ʃˈuːt ˈɪŋ bˈɒks/
  1. avcı kulübesi.

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