backstop
IPA: bˈækstɑp
noun
- A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
- A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
- (baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
- (baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
- (rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
- (cricket, dated) The longstop.
- (cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
- (espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
- (UK) A proposed seamless border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit.
verb
- (transitive) To serve as backstop for.
- (transitive) To bolster, support.
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Examples of "backstop" in Sentences
- Behind home plate is a backstop.
- So the bot will provide a backstop.
- Playing with a backstop is a good idea.
- This is due to the overhang on the backstop.
- A baseball catcher has a nickname The backstop.
- The distance to the backstop was initially in 1969.
- A backstop construction for a sheet stacking machine.
- The backstop is self aligning during such adjustment.
- The distance to the backstop was initially, but was reduced to in 1969.
- Backstop refers to the distance behind home plate to the backstop screen.
- I agree with KJ, a few footpounds of energy dumped on a backstop is okay!
- The big backstop is below average behind the plate but not bad with the bat.
- And, the long-term backstop for domestic shortfalls - demand for exports have plunged sending the trade balance into a record deficit.
- Huntsman family shareholders Monday also have agreed to make a cash payment to the so-called backstop payment of at least $416.5 million.
- But there are many farm fields around me where my backstop is a mile from the nearest road, and for those thinking they don't have access think again.
- That is more like it, the Government acting as a short term backstop, in and out as quickly as possible leaving ingenuity and private surplus funds to do what they do best.
- Another quirk the Twins are getting used to at Target Field is the backstop, which is also limestone and sits just 46 feet from home plate, creating some lightning-quick bounces back to the catcher.
- If you are having trouble finding a range in your area and you live in the country you can build your own backstop by mounding up a dirt pile about 4 feet high and 6 feet long and shoot into that, just make sure the area behind the backstop is safe.
- Also, it should be noted that this approach of import-allowance-requirements is included as a long-term backstop in Waxman-Markey if the president determines by 2022 that the output-based allocation mechanism is insufficient for some of the energy-intensive trade-sensitive sectors (and if a number of stringent conditions are met; see the "International Reserve Allowance Program" in the bill).