English

Noun

dicebox ‎(plural diceboxes)

1. A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.
   • 1844, William Makepeace Thackeray, Barry Lyndon, Chapter ,

     […] there is a sort of chivalry among the knights of the dice-box: the fame of great players is known all over Europe.

   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 9,

     The houses looked as if they had been shaken out of a dice box on to the land and stayed just where they lit.