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Definition of Outfield
1. Noun. The area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases.
Terms within: Center, Center Field, Centerfield, Left, Left Field, Leftfield, Right, Right Field, Rightfield
Generic synonyms: Parcel, Parcel Of Land, Piece Of Ground, Piece Of Land, Tract
Antonyms: Infield
Derivative terms: Outfielder
Definition of Outfield
1. n. Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1.
Definition of Outfield
1. Noun. (baseball softball) The region of the field between the infield and the outer fence. ¹
2. Noun. (cricket) The region of the field roughly outside of the infield or the wicket-keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outfield
1. a part of a baseball field [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outfield
Literary usage of Outfield
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Relig Educ 11: 124-8 Ap '16 Osborne, (Samuel) outfield Middle Italian signets of
approximately 350 to Method of teaching English composition. ..."
2. The Book of School and College Sports by Ralph Henry Barbour (1904)
"THE outfield OF the three outfield positions that of center field is the hardest,
... The outfield positions are popularly supposed to be sinecures, ..."
3. How to Play Baseball: A Manual for Boys by John Joseph McGraw (1914)
"The big problem in the outfield is to cover ground, and it is by knowing the
peculiarities of the various batters and realizing in which way they are most ..."
4. Constitutional Liberty; Or, Social, Civil, and Political Rights and (1880)
"Literature not a profession, but personal and free. But cannot be separated
altogether from business. An infield and outfield. Greater freedom in the ..."
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