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Backstop
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.
2. In rounders, the player who stands immediately behind the
striking base.
3. In cricket, the longstop; also, the wicket keeper.
Meaning of Backstop from wikipedia
- Look up
backstop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Backstop may
refer to:
Backstop (baseball), a
screen behind a field's home
plate Catcher, a defensive...
- The
Irish backstop (formally the
Northern Ireland Protocol) was a
proposed protocol to a
draft Brexit withdrawal agreement that
never came into force....
- In geology, a
backstop is the
region of
forearcs that has much
higher shear strength and
yield strength than
other overriding material closer to the oceanic...
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Backstop resources theory states that as a
heavily used
limited resource becomes expensive,
alternative resources will
become cheap by comparison, therefore...
- "Pirates land
veteran backstop Grandal on 1-year deal".
February 14, 2024.
Retrieved February 19, 2024. "Pirates land
veteran backstop Grandal on 1-year deal"...
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indoor ranges consist of
firing lines/lanes,
targets and a
bullet trap/"
backstop" (which
prevents stray shots and overpenetrations).
Design considerations...
-
Operation Backstop was a
United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
military plan
designed to
guard a
portion of the
United Nations Protected Areas (UNPAs)...
- as
their distribution fee. If [Coppola] is
willing to put up the P&A or
backstop the spend, I
think there would be a lot more
interested parties." In April...
- with
Andrew Marr, said the
Irish backstop in the
Brexit withdrawal agreement will not be changed. He said the
backstop was
already a
pragmatic compromise...
- of
white rubber that is set at
ground level. In most MLB stadiums, the
backstop is at
least 60 feet
behind home
plate and is
composed of a
lower solid...
