(also ~ shooting )
■ noun N. Amer. a shooting sport in which a clay target is thrown from a trap to simulate the flight of a bird.
Origin
1920s: appar. a pseudo-archaic alt. of the verb shoot .
(also ~ shooting )
■ noun N. Amer. a shooting sport in which a clay target is thrown from a trap to simulate the flight of a bird.
Origin
1920s: appar. a pseudo-archaic alt. of the verb shoot .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004