warning track

noun

: a usually dirt or cinder strip around the outside edge of a baseball outfield to warn a fielder when running to make a catch that the fence is near

called also warning path

Examples of warning track in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The long winter is over and day breaks over the warning track once again. —Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 27 Mar. 2026

Mayer came on as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and drove a double to the warning track in left center off Johnson (0-1) that was just beyond the outstretched glove of Reds center fielder TJ Friedl. —ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026

Boles' flyball is caught at the warning track. —Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026

The Trojans made some good contact to start the top of the third, with Josh Pyne and Piasecki both hitting the ball to the warning track in right field, but during one stretch from the top of the second into the fifth, Vanderbilt retired 10 of 11 Troy batters. —Mitch Light, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for warning track

• almanac
• camelback
• cardiac
• carryback
• cluniac
• diamondback
• lumberjack
• maniac
• paperback
• piggyback
• quarterback
• saddleback