trapshooting

trapshooting [trap-shoo-ting] Word Origin noun

1. the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.

Compare skeet1. Origin of trapshooting 1870–75; trap1 + shooting Related formstrap·shoot·er, noun British Dictionary definitions for trapshooting trapshooting noun

1. the sport of shooting at clay pigeons thrown up by a trap

Derived Formstrapshooter, noun