Translate backstop | into Italian Definition of backstop
noun
a person or thing placed at the rear of or behind something as a barrier, support, or reinforcement:bullets volleyed into the backstop of a flood-control canal Baseball a high fence or similar structure behind the home plate area. Baseball,
informal a catcher:he tore the chest protector completely off the big Yankee backstop an emergency precaution or last resort:the human operator has to act as the ultimate backstop when things go badly wrong
verb
[with object] Baseball act as backstop for. Hockey act as goaltender for. support or reinforce:the founding banks were backstopping the loans
