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noun

Roundhouse n.

A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. (Obs.)

(Naut.)

(a)

A cabin or apartment 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.

A house for servicing and repair of locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable bearing railroad tracks, with several tracks leading in and out.

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Etymology of 'Roundhouse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Roundhouse" Quotes from Famous Books

... had once been a "division-point." The roundhouse and repair-shops were gone, but two conductors still retained residence, and they were persons of distinction, men who traveled and talked to strangers, who wore uniforms with brass buttons, and knew all about these ...

— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis

... the Cubans of Puerto Principe when the railway was built to that place," put in "Zere," the chief quartermaster. "A temporary roundhouse had been constructed, and when the first locomotive reached the city and was placed in it to be cleaned, all the natives from miles around gathered there. They crowded the windows and doors and were evidently ...

— A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" • Russell Doubleday

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