Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Backstop \Back"stop`\, n.
1. In baseball, a fence, prop. at least 90 feet behind the
home base, to stop the balls that pass the catcher; also,
the catcher himself.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. In rounders, the player who stands immediately behind the
striking base.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. In cricket, the longstop; also, the wicket keeper.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backstop
n 1: (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
[syn: {catcher}, {backstop}]
2: (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to
prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
3: a precaution in case of an emergency; "he acted as a backstop
in case anything went wrong"
v 1: act as a backstop
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