roundhouse


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
roundhouse/ˈraʊndhaʊs/
noun
  • 1 a railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable.
  • 2 informal a blow given with a wide sweep of the arm.

    Baseball a slow, widely curving pitch.

    ■ a wide turn on a surfboard.

  • 3 chiefly historical a cabin or set of cabins on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship.
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