farm team

noun

1. a sports team in a smaller or lower league that is affiliated to one in a larger or higher league

Example Sentences

At first Wales and Sanger conceived of Wikipedia merely as an adjunct to Nupedia, sort of like a feeder product or farm team.

From The Daily Beast

She points out that on the farm-team level the state is doing pretty well.

From The Daily Beast

Glancing up, she saw a farm team almost upon them, whose driver was stooped to avoid the rain.

From Project Gutenberg