patch box
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See also: tinderbox
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]patch box (plural patch boxes)
- (historical, cosmetics) A fancy box, generally with a mirror under the lid, for holding artificial beauty spots, or patches, worn on the face.
- (firearms) A lidded container fitted to a gun to hold the cloth patches used when shooting round shot.
Further reading
[edit]- “patch box”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “patch box”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.