fieldhouse

fieldhouse · noun¹

1. Old English · inherited fromfeldhūs“a tent”
2. Middle English · inherited from*feldhous
3. English todayfieldhouse

From Middle English *feldhous, from Old English feldhūs (“a tent”), equivalent to field + house.

Fieldhouse · proper noun²

From fieldhouse, a toponymic surname for someone who lived in an isolated house surrounded by fields.

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