Roundhouse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roundhouse \Round"house`\, n.
     1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station
        house. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a
        turntable.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  roundhouse
       n 1: workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing
            locomotives
       2: a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "roundhouse":
     Long Melford, backhand, backhander, backstroke, boathouse,
     bolo punch, carbarn, carport, carriage house, fix-it shop, garage,
     hangar, haymaker, hook, one-two, repair shop, round-arm blow,
     short-arm blow, sidewinder, swing, uppercut