bandbox

noun

Etymology: From band + box.

1. A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.

   “There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues.”

   “On the evening of Easter Sunday the gypsies of Southern Europe take a wooden vessel like a band-box, which rests cradle-wise on two cross pieces of wood.”

2. A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs.