loose box noun2 •(UK) A separate compartment of a building in which livestock are free to move about; especially a form of stable for horses.Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses. — 1980 •(no longer used) A brougham or other vehicle kept for the use of a dame de compagnie. formsloose boxes · loose-boxes