Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
witness box
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As it was, when she left the witness box she also left everyone in court in considerable doubt.
▪ As the Inspector stepped out of the witness box I felt confident enough to look him straight in the eye.
▪ Evidence depends upon witnesses and, to some extent, their credibility is dependent upon their performance in the witness box.
▪ Graham Kelly should be putting his own house in order, not making guest appearances in the witness box.
▪ Hodgson was in the witness box yesterday for the first time in the trial - now in its fifth week.
▪ However, his appearance in the witness box in support of Gary Blissett in the John Uzzell case was plain barmy.
▪ However, the theme of attempting to discredit the woman in the witness box continues.
▪ Paul Menzies left the dock and walked slowly over to the witness box.
Wiktionary
witness box
n. (context chiefly British English) A witness stand in a courtroom.
WordNet
witness box
n. a box enclosure for a witness when testifying [syn: witness stand]
Usage examples of "witness box".
And over to one side, just beyond the witness box, the most important people in the place would soon sit.
He bounded up and perched on the very edge of the witness box and winked at the crowded courtroom.
The Judge smiled with great assurance and waved at the chair in the witness box.
The ancient wrought-iron bar around the edges of the judge's dais and witness box had a forbidding presence all of their own and Fergus gulped softly, visualising Beth giving her evidence raised above the court so that everyone would see her naked pain.