Noun
a piece of land prepared for playing a game
Source: WordNetthe home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field Source: Internet
After the end of the First World War, a chalk quarry known as the Swamps was identified as Charlton's new ground, and in the summer of 1919 work began to create the level playing area and remove debris from the site. Source: Internet
Due to increasing concerns about the use of chess engines and outside communication, in 2014 FIDE banned all mobile phones from the playing area during chess competitions, under penalty of forfeiture of the game or even expulsion from the tournament. Source: Internet
An additional benefit was that the ball was also charmed to stay within the playing area. Source: Internet
Finnie, then aged 39, admitted going onto the playing area at Blundell Park during Grimsby’s match against Forest Green Rovers on September 8, 2012. Source: Internet
Tokens follow a fixed route marked on the gameboard which usually follows a boustrophedon (ox-plow) track from the bottom to the top of the playing area, passing once through every square. Source: Internet