qué es trunk box

Question

Tengo que traducir consignment trunk box eyebrown como verbo

Answer 1

Un señor con un ojo castaño consignó la caja adentro de un baúl.

A man with one brown eye sent the box inside a trunk.

Es la única cosa que puedo hacer con sus palabras.

In English there is no such thing as a trunk box.

There are such things as a trunk and also a box. Both words you can check by double-clicking on them and looking in the blue box.

Answer 2

In English there is no such thing as a trunk box.

I'm not so sure that is correct. If you Google trunk box you'll find many uses. The picture below is deceiving. It's size (common for what is now called a trunk box) is about the size of a jewelry box or cigar box.)

I believe that what we now refer to as a trunk was also once called a trunk box (to distinguish it from a chest), but it is a dated expression, not used in that context nowadays.

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I did find trunk boxes on Google but I have never heard the expression. I wonder what the difference is between a trunk and a chest? - 00515f39, Nov 4, 2009