Definition of Ground rule

1. Noun. (baseball) a special rule (as in baseball) dealing with situations that arise due to the nature of the playing grounds.

Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Rule

Definition of Ground rule

1. Noun. (sports) A rule regarding play on a specific field, course, or court. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic usually plural) The basic rules or standards; whatever someone must know before proceeding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ground Rule

ground noise
ground offensive
ground out
ground pangolin
ground pangolins
ground pine
ground pink
ground plan
ground pounder
ground proximity warning system
ground proximity warning systems
ground rattler
ground rent
ground roller
ground rose
ground rule (current term)
ground rules
ground shark
ground sharks
ground sloth
ground snake
ground spider
ground squirrel
ground state
ground stroke
ground substance
ground swell
ground swells
ground tackle
ground tissue

Literary usage of Ground rule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Queen's Bench Reports by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Thomas Flower Ellis (1849)
"... trial than nonsuit; and we do not enlarge on them, as defendant is entitled to his rule absolute on the other ground. Rule absolute for a nonsuit (a). ..."

2. Golfers Magazine by United States Golf Association, Western Golf Association (1908)
"A ground rule is needed for such a hazard. 9—In match play, a player picks up his ball, when playing through the green, in order to identify it, ..."

3. The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society by George Francis Dow (1899)
"... rules & regulations to be observed by the inhabitants of this town in all future time, in the use & management of said burying ground. RULE ist. ..."

4. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"The only ground rule during this process is that no one can interrupt me or ask ... Some teachers may want to forego my ground rule and elicit comments and ..."

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