The ground on which a battle is fought; a battlefield. Frequently more fully as field of battle, field of fight, etc.

A battlefield. Obsolete.

? A place, spot, field (of battle).

A field. champ clos, champ of battle: the ground set apart and enclosed for a judicial duel, single combat, or tourney; also, a battle-field.

? The field (of combat); ? the lists: cf. champ, n.1

o laundon: on the field.

In extended use: a place of combat, a battlefield; (also) a place to exercise one's intellectual skills, an arena for debate, etc.

place of battle.

battle-field.

Military. A battlefield allowing unrestricted passage in all directions, as opposed to a situation in which one side is defending a stronghold…

the field of battle.

attributive and in other combinations, as joining-place n. (in quot. = place for joining battle). joining-work n. Obsolete = joiner's work; see joiner…

The field of combat, the lists. Obsolete. rare.

one in which there is or has been fighting; a battle-field. Obsolete exc. poetic.

A piece of land on which a battle is or was fought; a battlefield.

A field of bloodshed; a scene of slaughter or butchery; a wretched place.

Hence, A field of battle; the ‘field’.

field of honour: the battlefield; (also) the field where a duel is fought.

Hence, A field of battle; a battle-field.

(a) ground upon which a person or thing may securely stand (chiefly figurative); (b) ground upon which a contest may be fought or a stand may be…

= battlefield, n. 1.

The piece of ground on which a battle is fought. Cf. field of battle at field, n.1 6a.