Basepath

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance.

    "Jackson broke up a potential double play in the 1978 World Series when he froze on the basepaths and turned his hip into a throw."

  2. 2
    The path between two adjacent bases, such as between the first and the second base.

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"Jackson broke up a potential double play in the 1978 World Series when he froze on the basepaths and turned his hip into a throw."

Etymology

From base + path.

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