basepath

noun — 2 senses

basepath

noun

Etymology From base + path.

1

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.2007 June 2, Tyler Kepner, “Reconsidering, Torre Admonishes Rodriguez”, in New York Times:
2

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Pesäpallo, Sports The path between two adjacent bases, such as between the first and the second base.

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