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

During this homestand, Schmitt has had towering flyouts to left field of 318, 334 and 341 feet, the latter two having died at the left-field warning track. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026

The next two outs were long outs, one to the warning track and one almost as far, balls that might have carried for extra-base hits on a warmer night. —Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

The Dodgers put runners at second and third in the eighth when Alex Freeland flew out to the warning track in center field to strand them. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026

Soriano left after Manny Machado singled and Xander Bogaerts walked, but Chase Silseth got Gavin Sheets to fly out to the warning track in right. —CBS News, 18 Apr. 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