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DUGOUTDUGOUT, a temporary home of the prairie settlers. Lumber was scarce and expensive for settlers moving out to the plains in the late nineteenth century, so they erected these structures to provide immediate shelter for themselves and their families. Built into the side of a hill or ravine, a dugout was constructed of sod bricks, a wooden door and window frames, and a roof of brush. They were generally built into hills facing south or east, away from the harshest winter winds. A dugout was usually replaced after some time by a sod house as a settler's abode. BIBLIOGRAPHYDickenson, James R. Home on the Range: A Century on the High Plains. New York: Scribners, 1995. Rogers, Mondel. Old Ranches of the Texas Plains: Paintings. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1976. Eli MosesDiner See alsoWestward Migration . |
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"Dugout." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dugout." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401801286.html "Dugout." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401801286.html |
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dugout, the primitive form of a canoe consisting of a tree trunk hollowed out by burning or other means. The two ends were sometimes roughly pointed. They were propelled in the earliest days presumably by the hands of the occupant, later by paddles when these were developed during the third millennium bc. Such primitive canoes are still in use in some South Pacific Islands and the West Indies, and by some riverine inhabitants of Central and South America.
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"dugout." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dugout." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-dugout.html "dugout." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-dugout.html |
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dug·out / ˈdəgˌout/ • n. 1. a shelter that is dug in the ground and roofed over, esp. one used by troops in warfare. ∎ a low shelter at the side of a baseball field, with seating from which a team's coaches and players not taking part can watch the game. 2. (also dugout canoe) a canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk. |
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"dugout." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dugout." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dugout.html "dugout." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dugout.html |
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dugout n. a shelter that is dug in the ground and roofed over, especially one used by troops in warfare: the German gun crews kept in their dugouts.
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"dugout." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dugout." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-dugout.html "dugout." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-dugout.html |
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dugout see canoe . |
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"dugout." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dugout." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-dugout.html "dugout." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-dugout.html |
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dugout
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"dugout." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dugout." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dugout.html "dugout." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dugout.html |
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