Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dugout \Dug"out`\, n.
   1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. [U.S.]

            A man stepped from his slender dugout. -- G. W.
                                                  Cable.

   2. A place dug out.

   3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation.
      [Western U.S.] --Bartlett.

Source : WordNet®

dugout
     n 1: either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball
          diamond where the players and coaches sit during the
          game
     2: a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log [syn:
        {dugout canoe}, {pirogue}]
     3: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
        [syn: {bunker}]