backstop

Noun

 * 1) A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
 * 2) A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
 * 3) * The Express, 7 June 2018
 * Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, this morning, said a time-limited backstop would be unacceptable, and has previously promised to vote down the UK’s Brexit withdrawal deal unless it features a satisfactory backstop.
 * 1) * The Irish Times, 17 November 2018
 * "The 2½ years since have been about hammering home these points in any European capital that would listen. And in spite of capacity-sapping talks on the first point – Brexit, border and backstop – the Department of Foreign Affairs and other government departments have been working quietly to make good on the second.
 * 1)  A wall or fence behind home plate.
 * 2)  A catcher; the position of catcher.
 * 3)  The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
 * 4)  The longstop.
 * 5)  The wicket-keeper.
 * 6)  Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
 * 1)  The longstop.
 * 2)  The wicket-keeper.
 * 3)  Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * German:, , , , , Sicherheitsnetz
 * Italian: spalleggiamento,
 * Portuguese: ,


 * Dutch:
 * German: Letztsicherung,, Auffanglösung
 * Irish: cúlstop
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: rede de proteção,


 * German: Abfangzaun


 * Maori: tautopenga

Verb

 * 1)  To serve as backstop for.
 * 2)  To bolster, support.

Translations

 * Portuguese:


 * German: Rückendeckung geben