Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Roundhouse"
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) 1.7 (wn)
roundhouse
n 1: workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing
locomotives
2: a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
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