Meaning of ROUNDHOUSE
| Pronunciation: | | 'rawnd`haws
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- [n] a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
- [n] workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
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ROUNDHOUSE is a 10 letter word that starts with R. |
| | See Also: | | hook, work, workplace | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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