ROUNDHOUSE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach.

3.
n.

A privy near the bow of the vessel.

4.
n.

A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.


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