layup
noun
Definitions
A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
A relatively easy task.
Example: Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.
The state of being laid up.
Example: The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.
A track used to store train cars.
Example: The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.