WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
box′ score′, [Sports.]
- Sporta record of the play of a game, esp. a baseball or basketball game, in which, on separate sides of the record, the players on each team are listed in a column by name and position, with additional rows of columns, each headed by the abbreviation of the type of information to be given for each player.
- 1910–15, American.