whats a dugout??

Answer 1

The dugout was a home, built by pioneers.

When My great grandparents came to Oklahoma in 1899, their first shelter was a hole dug about eight feet deep into the ground, about twenty by twenty feet.

They used cedar trees for the roof, by trimming off the limbs on two opposite sides, to make the tree more or less flat, and used the cut off limbs to interweave with the limbs still on the trunks. the trunks were laid across the top of the hole. After the trees were tied together, they put large blocks of sod on top of the branches. the sod bricks were about 24 by 48 inches, and eight inches thick. they laid two layers, "tying" the sod together by over-lapping in a brick layer's pattern. This dugout was warm in the winter, and cool in the summer, and could be built quickly. Often several families would work together, and could build such a home in a day, until all the families had shelter.

Dugouts were useful in areas where there was no law to protect against outlaws and Indians. the dugouts were not easy to see from a distance.

My other great grandparents lived in a half-dugout. at a family reunion, our grandmother was explaining to all the children and grandchildren about how her father and brothers dug a hole four feet deep, and built the perimeter walls to about feet high with sod blocks. One of the little girls just had trouble visualizing a half dugout, and Grandma told the girl she lived in one, her folks just called their house a split level!

Here in the plains states, there are vast areas where the only trees that grow were planted -- and watered. So there was no lumber to build with at first. Sod houses and dugouts were common. After the men got the barns built to shelter the livestock, and the fields planted and harvested, they could begin to find other building materials. Some areas had limestone, and other rocks, some had clay good for adobe.

Answer 2

A dugout is a type of canoe made from a single tree where the middle is carved out to make a place to sit.

It is also the name where baseball and softball players sit when they are not out on the playing field. It is called that because it is usually a shallow hole "dug out" of the ground.

Answer 3

A boat or canoe made of a hollowed-out log.
A pit dug into the ground or on a hillside and used as a shelter.
Baseball. Either of two usually sunken shelters at the side of a field where the players stay while not on the field.

Answer 4

A hollowed out tree trunk used as a canoe

Answer 5

IT'S WHERE "BOTH" BASEBALL TEAMS STAY DURING A GAME...USUALLY LIKE A LITTLE SHED WITH FENCE AROUND THE FRONT & SIDES, WITH ROOM FOR A DOOR. MY SON PLAYED BASEBALL FOR 5 YEARS. IT'S NOT JUST WHEN THEY R UP TO BAT.

Answer 6

the place where baseball/softball players stay when team is up to bat, keep their equipment, etc.

Answer 7

It's a head tool.

Answer 8

depends..............