A large building for indoor sports, particularly at colleges.
A building for equipment storage and changing rooms (locker rooms) by an outdoor sports field.
Origin
From Middle English *feldhous, from Old English feldhūs ("a tent"), equivalent to field + house. Modern sense is from 1895, originally, a side building by an outdoor sports field, later used for large buildings for indoor sports.
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