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bullpen (n.)
also
bull-pen
, 1915, in the baseball sense, from
bull
(n.1) +
pen
(n.2); perhaps from earlier slang meaning "temporary holding cell for prisoners" (1809).
Bullpen
also was the name of a baseball-like game played in U.S. late 19c.
