dugout Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game
  2. noun a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log
    pirogue; dugout canoe.
  3. noun a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
    bunker.

WordNet

Dug"out` noun
Definitions
  1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. U.S.
    A man stepped from his slender dugout. G. W. Cable.
  2. A place dug out.
  3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. Western U.S. Bartlett.

Webster 1913