WordNet Dictionary- [n] a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
- [n] workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Round"house`\, n.
1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station
house. [Obs.]
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.
3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a
turntable.