shooting lodge
- noun
- Archaic
:
casa de caza
- He inherited an old shooting lodge that his family had owned for generations.
Examples
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They stayed at a beautiful shooting lodge in the mountains.
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The guests stayed at a luxurious shooting lodge in the Scottish Highlands.
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During the autumn, the shooting lodge was always full of visitors eager for the season's hunt.
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The shooting lodge was equipped with all modern amenities.
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After a long day of hunting, we returned to the cozy shooting lodge to enjoy a warm meal by the fireplace.
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The shooting lodge overlooked the beautiful valley, providing the perfect spot for hunters to rest between expeditions.
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Every autumn, our family gathers at the shooting lodge in the mountains to enjoy the hunting season together.
Synonyms
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3.4
A small house near nature where travelers stay temporarily
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4.5
A small house or cabin in the countryside where people stay while hunting
A small country house that hunters use during hunting season
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'shooting' (the activity of firing guns, here used for hunting) + 'lodge' (a small house) yields a house used during shooting/hunting. This compound follows a common, cross-linguistic noun+noun composition pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase shooting lodge comes from the simple picture of hunters staying in a country house while they were shooting, which meant 'hunting'. A lodge was a small guest house in the countryside, so the phrase came to mean 'a small country house used by hunters during the shooting season'.