field house

Meaning

Noun

  • A tent.
  • 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 feldhÅ«s ("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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