dug ‧ out /ˈdʌɡaʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . a low shelter at the side of a sports field, where players and team officials sit
2 . a shelter dug into the ground for soldiers to use ⇨ trench
3 . a small boat made by cutting out a hollow space in a tree trunk:
a dugout canoe