field house

American  

noun

1. a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.

2. a building used for indoor athletic events, as track events or basketball.

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Etymology

Origin of field house

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

Leahy’s Notre Dame players practiced in a field house where a local farmer used horses to loosen the packed-dirt floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

“Coach Dylen Smith sent me a picture of the field house — that was gone. And that’s when I realized: I don’t think my services are quite used up here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Outside the field house, a group of migrants accepted slices of quiche that a volunteer, Mary Elking, had prepared at home and brought for the group.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

An Olympic-size swimming pool, college-caliber field house and state-of-the-art weight room lent gravitas to a strong-mind, strong-body curriculum modeled on the ancient Greeks.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022

But in the aftermath of a loss the field house emptied quietly and quickly, as if the place was cursed and it was somehow shameful to be there at all.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger