Backstop
Backstop noun - (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field.
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Vassalage and Backstop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backstop/vassalage
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