field house

noun

Updated on: 20 Mar 2018

Definition of field house

1 : a building at an athletic field for housing equipment or providing dressing facilities

2 : a building enclosing a large area suitable for various forms of athletics and usually providing seats for spectators

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Brown Deer Students and staff at Brown Deer middle and high schools walked outside the south commons doors and circled around to the field house as officers from the Brown Deer Police Department provided security.

— alec johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Students in the North Shore walk out of school to remember Parkland shooting victims," 14 Mar. 2018
Gentle Giant Rowing Club will hold its second annual Erg Challenge to support youth rowing on Sunday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the Somerville High School field house, 81 Highland Ave.

— BostonGlobe.com, "Savor the sweet taste of spring on maple sugaring tour," 9 Mar. 2018
School and police officials have said the second fire caused the evacuation of the high school; students and staff were later escorted to the field house until the building was inspected, and returned to the main building around 11 a.m.

— amy lavalley, Post-Tribune, "Teen arrested on charges he started fires at Valparaiso High School," 8 Mar. 2018
Thanks to an indoor field house large enough to host a football game, students can play team sports during the winter months.

— julie halpert, The Atlantic, "What If America Didn't Have Public Schools?," 4 Mar. 2018
The more practical aspects of that revolt have included his vow to run primary candidates against every Republican in the U.S. Senate except for Ted Cruz of Texas, and fielding House candidates.

— alexander nazaryan, Newsweek, "Steve Bannon’s Plan To Make America Great Again—With or Without Trump," 28 Dec. 2017
Dawson faced Clear Springs in the Region III 6A bi-district playoff game at Phillips field House in Pasadena.

— Houston Chronicle, "Dawson versus Clear Springs boys basketball photo gallery," 21 Feb. 2018
The hoops path worked out for Allen, who finished with 746 career victories and 24 conference championships and has a field house named in his honor at Kansas.

— blair kerkhoff, kansascity, "Kansas State coach Phog Allen? It could’ve happened; he once applied," 29 Jan. 2018
There have been improvements to the existing field house across from the football offices.

— paul myerberg, USA TODAY, "UCF is unbeaten, and coach Scott Frost is in demand; can the Knights keep him?," 1 Nov. 2017

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