# field house

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A tent.
2. A large building for indoor sports, particularly at colleges.
3. A building for equipment storage and changing rooms (locker rooms) by an outdoor sports field.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/field-house