Dugout may refer to: *

Dugout (shelter) A dugout or dug-out, also known as a pit-house or earth lodge, is a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground. Dugouts can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof cov ...

, an underground shelter *

Dugout (boat) A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. ''Monoxylon'' (''μονόξυλον'') (pl: ''monoxyla'') is Greek''mono-'' (single) + ''wikt:ξύλον, ξύλ ...

, a logboat * Dugout (smoking), a marijuana container

Sports

* In bat-and-ball sports, a dugout is one of two areas where players of the home or opposing teams sit when not at bat or in the field **

Dugout (baseball) In baseball, the dugout is a team's bench and is located in foul ball, foul territory between home plate and either first or third base. There are two dugouts, one for the home team and one for the visiting team. In general, the dugout is occupie ...

, a covered shelter near the diamond ** Dugout (cricket), an area at either end of the field * In association football, the

technical area The technical area in association football is the area at the side of the pitch which the teams' managers, other coaching personnel, and substitutes are allowed to occupy during a match. The technical area usually includes a seated area referr ...

contains the dugouts

In popular culture

* '' The Dugout'', 1948 painting by

Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of Culture of the United States, the country's culture. Roc ...

* '' Dug Out'', the seventh album by the Japanese band ''The Blue Hearts''

Places

* Dugout, West Virginia, USA {{disambig