dugout

pronunciation

How to pronounce dugout in British English: UK [ˈdʌgaʊt]word uk audio image

How to pronounce dugout in American English: US [ˈdʌɡˌaʊt] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game
    a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
    a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

Word Origin

dugout (n.)
also dug-out, "canoe," 1722, American English, from dug, past participle of dig (v.) + out (adv.). Baseball sense is first recorded 1914, from c. 1855 meaning of "rough shelter."

Example

1. A woman moves her dugout canoe slowly along the shore .
2. Dugout canoes are used to transport fresh goods to the market .
3. Dugout canoe that is stabilized by one or two outriggers .
4. We saw kingfishers while indigenous fishermen paddled by in dugout canoes , their wicker baskets filled with river oysters .
5. Out on the water , brightly painted dugout canoes cut through the waves on their way out to fish as they have done for centuries .

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