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batting cage [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

batting cage: an item in the "Structures" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

cage des frappeurs : objet de la classe «Constructions» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A large movable steel wire cage (on wheels) which is open at one side and under which a batter stands during practice, but not during the game; it serves both as a backstop and to keep foul balls from going into the stands, where they would, undoubtedly, remain.

OBS

Primarily, the batting cage is used to prevent the loss of too many baseballs during practice.

OBS

The "batting cage" is also called the "batter's cage" or simply, the "cage".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Grillage mobile en forme de demi-lune que l'on place à des endroits différents sur le terrain de baseball pendant les exercices au bâton.

OBS

Équivalent et définition obtenus du Service de linguistique de Radio-Canada. Synonyme (cage d'exercice au bâton) obtenu du Centre national du sport et de la récréation.

Spanish

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