noun
drying place; drying ground
A place where something is laid out or hung to dry, such as laundry, crops, or fish.
洗濯物を干し場に持っていく。
I take the laundry to the drying place.
この辺りは昔、魚の干し場だった。
This area used to be a fish drying ground long ago.
Compound of 干し (hoshi, 'drying', the continuative form of 干す 'to dry') and 場 (ba, 'place').