trackouts

Noun

trackout (countable and uncountable, plural trackouts)

1. (uncountable) Traces of material carried out of an area as a result of sticking to clothing, vehicles, etc.
   • Mitigation measure AQ-C3 requires that paved roads be swept once a day to clean up dirt trackout from the construction site.2000, Reno Railroad Corridor, Reno: Environmental Impact Statement, page 8-220
2. (countable) A backward movement of the camera, showing a wider field.
   • […] the programme-devisers proceeded to obfuscate his words by visual gimmickry — laborious trackouts to accommodate superimposed graphics and slogans; stills and film cuts which were either banal or funny.1966, Nation, numbers 185-209, page 133
3. (car racing) The exit of a curve when the car has just fully straightened out.
   • It flattens out past the trackout and you could use this flat painted portion but you'd want to hustle the car back onto the racetrack proper.2001, Carl Lopez, Going Faster!: Mastering the Art of Race Driving, page 114
4. Navigational assistance providing by tracking a boat or plane as it starts on a course, ensuring that it is following the correct trajectory.
   • When Bob had completed a radio check with GCA for their radar trackout he called for the lineup check list.1961 November, Jan A. Wells, “A Dangerous Attitude”, in The MATS Flyer, volume 8, number 11, page 26