dispatch box
nounEtymology
From dispatch (“important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.”) + box. Sense 2 (“box placed on a table in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern”) is from the fact that in the Parliament of the United Kingdom dispatch boxes used by ministers and other Members of Parliament to carry important documents (sense 1) were formerly used as lecterns; these have generally been replaced by cases, usually made of wood, specifically made to be used as lecterns.
- derived from Boxenstopp
- derived from pyxis
- derived from buxis
- inherited from *buhsā✻
- inherited from box
Definitions
A box or case with a lock that is used for carrying dispatches (“important official…
A box or case with a lock that is used for carrying dispatches (“important official messages”) and other documents.
- Confound it, man! You're being a bloody fool. Drop that pistol and come out with my dispatch box. I'll see that you get a fair trial.
A box that is placed on a table in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern…
A box that is placed on a table in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern for addressing the legislature.
- It was about the only attempt at humour Raymond had made at the dispatch box that year, which may have been the reason so few members laughed.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA