Out"field` (?), n.

1.

Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1.

[Scot.]

2.

A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively.

The great outfield of thought or fact. Trench.

3. Baseball

The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders.

4. Cricket

The part of the field farthest from the batsman.

 

© Webster 1913.

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