dugout canoe

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• dugout canoe — noun a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log • Syn: ↑dugout, ↑pirogue • Hypernyms: ↑canoe …   Useful english dictionary

• dugout — ► NOUN 1) a trench that is roofed over as a shelter for troops. 2) an underground air raid or nuclear shelter. 3) a low shelter at the side of a sports field for a team s coaches and substitutes. 4) (also dugout canoe) a canoe made from a… …   English terms dictionary

• Dugout (boat) — A Slavic dugout boat from the 10th century A dugout or dugout canoe is a boat made from a hollowed tree trunk. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. Monoxylon (μονόξυλον) (pl: monoxyla) is Greek mono (single) + ξύλον xylon… …   Wikipedia

• canoe — canoeist, n. /keuh nooh /, n., v., canoed, canoeing. n. 1. any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or… …   Universalium

• dugout — noun 1》 a trench that is roofed over as a shelter for troops.     ↘an underground bomb shelter.     ↘a low shelter at the side of a sports field for a team s coaches and substitutes. 2》 (also dugout canoe) a canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk …   English new terms dictionary

• dugout — dug|out [ˈdʌgaut] n 1.) a low shelter at the side of a sports field, where players and team officials sit 2.) a shelter dug into the ground for soldiers to use →↑trench 3.) a small boat made by cutting out a hollow space in a tree trunk ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dugout — dug|out [ dʌg,aut ] noun count 1. ) a small shelter by the side of a sports field where team members sit during a game when they are not playing a ) a hole or tunnel in the ground used as a shelter by soldiers during a battle 2. ) dugout canoe a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dugout — noun (C) 1 a small boat made by cutting out a hollow space in a tree trunk: a dugout canoe 2 a shelter dug into the ground for soldiers to use compare trench (2) 3 a low shelter at the side of a sports field, where players and team officials sit …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dugout — /ˈdʌgaʊt / (say dugowt) noun 1. a rough shelter or dwelling formed by an excavation in the ground or in the face of a bank, especially when part of military earthworks. 2. a. an opal mine. b. such a mine converted into living quarters. 3. Also,… …  

• Dugout — Dug out (d[u^]g out), n. 1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] A man stepped from his slender dugout. G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster] 2. A place dug out. [1913 Webster] 3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dugout — also dug out, canoe, 1722, Amer.Eng., from dug, pp. of DIG (Cf. dig) + OUT. (Cf. out.) Baseball sense is first recorded 1914, from c.1855 meaning of rough shelter …   Etymology dictionary