1) Act as a backstop 2) Ball catcher behind a catcher 3) Berra, Bench or Piazza 4) Catcher 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Exclusively Saxon word 7) Fence 8) Fencing 9) Screen behind home plate 10) To bolster, support 11) To serve as backstop for 12) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 13) Word of purely Anglo origin
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• (n.) In rounders, the player who stands immediately behind the striking base. • (n.) 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. • (n.) In cricket, the longstop; also, the wicket keeper.
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A goaltender.
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Back'stop` noun 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.
2. In rounders, the player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
3. In cricket, the longstop; also, the wicket ke...
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n] - a fence or screen (as behind home plate in baseball) 2. [v] - act as a backstop, as in baseball
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The backstop refers to the area
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The fence/wall behind home-plate, designed to protect spectators from wild pitches or foul balls.
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noun (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
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Refers to the bow ending of the track a rower's seat slides on. The wheels of the seat should almost reach the backstop at the finish of each stroke.
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