1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum ix. vix. 1012 This tree..having but few armes or branches crooking many wayes in the growing, set with many long and very sharpe thornes and small Box-like leaves with them but somewhat broader.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 79 They [sc. Rhinoceroses] have..a Boxe-like colour.

1834 G. Don Gen. Hist. Dichlamydeous Plants III. 838/1 A box-like shrub.

1991 Pract. Gardening Dec. 19/1 Some of the neatest small evergreens are the Christmas boxes..which have dense, compact habit, pointed box-like foliage.

1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. B6 Her lips sweet Rubie-red, box-like inclose Her pearle-like teeth, till she to smile dispose.

2020 P. Edwards Echo Cycle (e-book ed.) vii Off to one side Keats-Shelley House squats, box-like.

1742 R. Poole Journey France & Holland I. 13/2 4thly, Came two large Box-like Inclosures of Silver, supported by Men, in which was said to be reposited the Reliques of the Saints.

1852 G. Dubourg Violin (ed. 4) ix. 357 An ugly, bluff, box-like pattern [of violin].

1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar iii. 54 The little box-like room.

2015 Holland Herald (KLM) Nov. 23/1 A trusty two- or three-wheeler with a large wooden box-like structure at the front that can fit a whole medley of kids, dogs and groceries.