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dugout

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dug·out  (dgout)
n.
1. A boat or canoe made of a hollowed-out log.
2. A pit dug into the ground or on a hillside and used as a shelter.
3. Baseball Either of two usually sunken shelters at the side of a field where the players stay while not on the field.

dugout [ˈdʌgˌaʊt]
n
1. a canoe made by hollowing out a log
2. (Military) Military a covered excavation dug to provide shelter
3. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Slang a retired officer, former civil servant, etc., recalled to employment
4. (General Sporting Terms) (at a sports ground) the covered bench where managers, trainers, etc. sit and players wait when not on the field
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dugout - either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the gamedugout - either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game
ballpark, park - a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark"
shelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
2.dugout - a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large logdugout - a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
canoe - small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
3.dugout - a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
fortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
fox hole, foxhole - a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
funk hole - dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)
Translations
dugout [ˈdʌgaʊt] N
1. (Ftbl) → caseta f
2. (Mil) → refugio m subterráneo
dugout [ˈdʌgaʊt] n (SPORT)banc m de touche
dugout
n (Mil) → Schützengraben m, → Unterstand m; (also dugout canoe)Einbaum m
dugout [ˈdʌgˌaʊt] n
a. (Mil) → trincea coperta (Sport) → panchina
b. (canoe) canoa ricavata da un tronco d'albero


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With difficulty Akut kept them in hand for a time; but when a particularly large wave struck the dugout simultaneously with a little squall of wind their terror broke all bounds, and, leaping to their feet, they all but overturned the boat before Akut and Tarzan together could quiet them.
In the evening he came back to his dugout in a state such as Rostov had never yet seen him in.
As such you may not with dignity approach the shores of a foreign power in so crude a vessel as a dugout.
 
 
 
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