runout

1. (cricket) The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.countableuncountable

2. (skiing) A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.countableuncountable

3. (skiing) Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.Examples: "If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed."countableuncountable

4. (mechanical engineering) Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.Examples: "We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout."countableuncountable