patch box

See also: tinderbox

English

Alternative forms

• patch-box, patchbox

Noun

patch box (plural patch boxes)

1. (historical, cosmetics) A fancy box, generally with a mirror under the lid, for holding artificial beauty spots, or patches, worn on the face.
2. (firearms) A lidded container fitted to a gun to hold the cloth patches used when shooting round shot.

Further reading

• “patch box”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “patch box”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.