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out⋅field

  [out-feeld]
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–noun
1. Baseball.
a. the part of the field beyond the diamond.
b. the positions played by the right, center, and left fielders.
c. the outfielders considered as a group (contrasted with infield ).
2. Cricket. the part of the field farthest from the batsman.
3. Agriculture.
a. the outlying land of a farm.
b. land not regularly tilled but normally used for pasture. Compare infield (def. 3).
4. an outlying region.
Origin:
1630–40; out- + field
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out·field   (out'fēld')   
n.   Baseball

  1. The playing area extending outward from the diamond, divided into left, center, and right field.

  2. Abbr. OF The position played by an outfielder.

  3. The members of a team playing in the outfield.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

outfield 
1657, "outlying land of a farm" (especially in Scotland), from out + field; sporting sense is attested from 1851 in cricket, 1868 in baseball.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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