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

Jose Moran, 42, who was staying at the field house, said he had previously spent six days sleeping at a police station, after a journey from Venezuela to Chicago that had taken months.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

Bains couldn’t be completely sure Ekeler would succeed as a pro but knew Ekeler had the proper wiring, something Bains witnessed often from his office overlooking the school’s indoor field house.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2022

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

Just inside the entrance to the Permian field house, the wall contained the framed pictures of sixty-one players, each of whom had been All-State.

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