fieldhouse
fieldhouse is the alternative form of field house.
Meaning of field house
Noun
field house (plural field houses)
- A tent.
- A large building for indoor sports, particularly at colleges.
- There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers to ensure that no prospective matriculant or visiting parent could enter a room and not see at least one available keyboard, not even in the dining hall or field house.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
- A building for equipment storage and changing rooms (locker rooms) by an outdoor sports field.
Proper noun capitalized: Fieldhouse
Fieldhouse (plural Fieldhouses)
- A surname.
Forms of fieldhouse
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fieldhouses |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Fieldhouses |
| alternative form | Felthouse |
| alternative form | Feltus |
Origin of fieldhouse
From Middle English *feldhous, from Old English feldhūs (“a tent”), equivalent to field + house.
From fieldhouse, a toponymic surname for someone who lived in an isolated house surrounded by fields.
Questions about fieldhouse
- What does fieldhouse mean?
- Fieldhouse means a surname.
- What is fieldhouse the alternative form of?
- Fieldhouse is the alternative form of field house.
- What part of speech is fieldhouse?
- Fieldhouse is a proper noun.
Words near fieldhouse in the dictionary
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