Backstop

3 definitions 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) 2.0 [wn]:

  backstop
       n : (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate)
       v : act as a backstop

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "backstop":
     advocate, aegis, arch dam, arm guard, back, bamboo curtain, bank,
     bar, barrage, barrier, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, boom, breakwater,
     breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, bumper,
     champion, cofferdam, contraceptive, copyright, crash helmet,
     cushion, dam, dashboard, defense, dike, ditch, dodger, earthwork,
     embankment, face mask, fence, fender, finger guard, foot guard,
     fuse, gate, goggles, governor, gravity dam, groin, guard,
     guardrail, hand guard, handrail, hard hat, helmet,
     hydraulic-fill dam, insulation, interlock, iron curtain, jam,
     jetty, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, leaping weir,
     levee, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor,
     lightning rod, logjam, mask, milldam, moat, mole, mound, mudguard,
     nose guard, pad, padding, palladium, parapet, patent, pilot,
     portcullis, preventive, prophylactic, protective clothing,
     protective umbrella, rampart, roadblock, rock-fill dam, safeguard,
     safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes,
     safety switch, safety valve, screen, seat belt, seawall, shield,
     shin guard, shutter dam, side with, stone wall, sun helmet,
     umbrella, uphold, wall, weir, wicket dam, windscreen, windshield,
     work