roundhouse
noun
Meaning
- A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
- The uppermost room or cabin of any note upon the stern of a ship.
- A privy near the bow of a vessel, especially as reserved for officers.
- A circular building in which locomotives are housed.
- A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe in the Iron Age and Bronze Age.
- A punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
- To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
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