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Field house

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tent. rare
  2. 2
    an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport wordnet
  3. 3
    A large building for indoor sports, particularly at colleges. Canada, US

    "There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers to ensure that no prospective matriculant or visiting parent could enter a room and not see at least one available keyboard, not even in the dining hall or field house."

  4. 4
    a building for indoor sports wordnet
  5. 5
    A building for equipment storage and changing rooms (locker rooms) by an outdoor sports field. Canada, US

Etymology

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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