| Roundhouse 1. (n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. 2. (n.) A cabin or apartment 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. Thesaurus Entries Long Melford, backhand, backhander, backstroke, boathouse, bolo punch, carbarn, carport, carriage house, fix-it shop, garage, hangar, haymaker, hook, one-two, repair shop, round-arm blow, short-arm blow, sidewinder, swing, uppercut |