dugout

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.
2. isim Someone with old-fashioned or outdated ideas, an old fogey; especially, an elderly soldier brought in for temporary service.

   “Directly war comes, therefore, there is a shift all round, and a new untried man—usually a dug-out in an advanced state of decay—is stuck into the job.”

3. isim A small portable case for equipment used to smoke marijuana.
4. isim A pit used to catch and store rainwater or runoff.
5. isim A rough dwelling consisting of an excavation in the ground, typically roofed with turf or basic sheeting.
6. isim Hence, a shelter used in trench warfare, used for simple accommodation out of enemy fire.

   “The key unit of life here is the dugout – what the soldiers call a ‘blindage’ – an underground burrow where half a dozen men share the narrow space between the bunks with weapons, ammunition, biscuits, tea bags, and a jumble of other essentials (there is also usually a cat, not to mention the mice).”

7. isim A sunken shelter at the side of a sports field where non-playing team members and staff can sit during a game.

   “Redknapp is expected to be back in the dugout when Spurs play Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday but it was left to his assistant Kevin Bond to take a young team to Russia looking for the win that would put them through to the last 32.”