2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roundhouse \Round"house`\, n.
1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station
house. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.)
a A cabin or apartament on the after part of the
quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; --
sometimes called the {coach}.
b A privy near the bow of the vessel.
3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a
turntable.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
roundhouse
n 1: circular building for repairing locomotives
2: a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
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