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

Some stay a few days — others months — while they await longer-term placement at shelters set up throughout the city, including small hotels, a park field house and unused commercial space.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023

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

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

They would leave the field house and waiting outside for them would be a haze of boosters and parents and Pepettes and cheerleaders.

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