field house

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noun

a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.
a building used for indoor athletic events, as track events or basketball.

Origin of field house

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Words nearby field house

field guide, field gun, field hand, field hockey, field hospital, field house, field independence, field ion microscope, field jacket, field lark, field larkspur

Example sentences from the Web for field house

  • Willard found the field-house locked when he reached it again, and no one was in sight.

    Left Half Harmon |Ralph Henry Barbour

  • He went into the field-house the next day, unbuttoning his coat and hating football.

    Princeton Stories |Jesse Lynch Williams

  • Theres one stored over in the field-house, one they use to set the dressing-tent on.

    The Turner Twins |Ralph Henry Barbour