Dugout
Pronunciation : Dug"out`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. [U.S.] A man stepped from his slender dugout. G. W. Cable.
2. A place dug out.
3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. [Western U.S.] Bartlett.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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