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Roundhouse
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.
(2):
(n.) A privy near the bow of the vessel.
(3):
(n.) A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
(4):
(n.) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; - sometimes called the coach.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Roundhouse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/roundhouse.html. 1828.