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Outfield   /ˈaʊtfˌild/   Listen
noun
Outfield  n.  
1.
Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1. (Scot.)
2.
A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively. "The great outfield of thought or fact."
3.
(Baseball) The part of the baseball field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders, and usually considered as divided into left field, center field, and right field, named as viewed from home plate.
4.
(Cricket) The part of the field farthest from the batsman.



verb
outfield  v. t.  (Baseball) To surpass in performing the tasks of fielding; as, both teams got ten hits, but the Red Sox outfielded the Yankees.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Outfield" Quotes from Famous Books



... hall, where a thin stew was splashed into the mess kits. Behind the counter of the kitchen the non-coms, the jovial first sergeant, and the business- like sergeant who looked like a preacher, and the wrinkled-faced corporal who had been on the Red Sox outfield, could be seen eating steak. A faint odor of steak frying went through the mess hall and made the thin chilly stew utterly ...
— Three Soldiers • John Dos Passos



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