SPORTING HOUSE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sporting house mean? 

• SPORTING HOUSE (noun)
  The noun SPORTING HOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a building where prostitutes are available

  Familiarity information: SPORTING HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPORTING HOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building where prostitutes are available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bagnio; bawdyhouse; bordello; brothel; cathouse; house of ill repute; house of prostitution; sporting house; whorehouse

Hypernyms ("sporting house" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sporting house"):

massage parlor (a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage)

 Context examples 

The Waggon and Horses was a well-known sporting house, with an old prize-fighter for landlord.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)