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Meaning of 'roundhouse' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Roundhouse [ n.]
- A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.
- A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach.
- A privy near the bow of the vessel.
- A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.