Roundhouse

Quick meaning: Roundhouse is a noun meaning A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.

Meaning

A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.

More Meanings

1. A traditional circular dwelling elevated on stilts with a conical roof found in part of Southeast Asia.
2. (archaeology) A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe in the Iron Age and Bronze Age.
3. (nautical, now chiefly historical) The uppermost room or cabin of any note upon the stern of a ship.
4. (nautical, now historical) A privy near the bow of a vessel, especially as reserved for officers.
5. (rail transport) A circular building in which locomotives are housed, sometimes with a turntable.
6. (card games) In the game of pinochle, a meld consisting of a queen and king in each of the four suits.
7. (chiefly US) A punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement.

Example Sentences

We focused on the nerve-agent feint, and got roundhoused by the insurgent hook.

Archaeologists working on HS2 in Birmingham have uncovered the remains of what is believed to be the world's oldest railway roundhouse at Curzon Street station.

I'm on my feet and my fist is roundhousing and I feel flesh. I hit again, and teeth crack under my fist. I hear voices and they're shouting and a light burns into my face.

A central stone slab cist containing the burial was surrounded by a circles of stones placed on edge, probably to represent the round house in which the deceased had lived.

Word Forms

• roundhouses
• round house
• roundhousing
• roundhoused

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ringwall, jailhouse, prisonhouse, lockhouse, watchhouse, bughouse.

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