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Roundhouse
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. [Obs.]
2. A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach.
3. A privy near the bow of the vessel.
4. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.