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Roundhouse — Round house , n. 1. A constable s prison; a lockup, watch house, or station house. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) (a) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter deck, having the poop for its roof; sometimes called the {coach}. (b) A … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
roundhouse — 1580s, from Du. rondhuis guardhouse … Etymology dictionary
roundhouse — [round′hous΄] n. [orig., a lockup, after Du rondhuis, guardhouse ] ☆ 1. a circular building, with a turntable in the center, used for storing and repairing locomotives 2. a cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck on old sailing ships ☆ 3.… … English World dictionary
Roundhouse — Legendärer Veranstaltungsort für Rockmusik Konzerte in London. Es liegt im Bezirk Camden in der Nähe der U Bahn Station Chalk Farm. Seinen Namen hat das runde Haus von seiner früheren Funktion: Es ist ein 1847 errichtetes Gebäude, in dem defekte… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Roundhouse — A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables. The defining feature of the traditional… … Wikipedia
roundhouse — n. type of blow to throw a roundhouse * * * [ raʊndhaʊs] [ type of blow ] to throw a roundhouse … Combinatory dictionary
roundhouse — noun Date: 1589 1. archaic lockup 2. a circular building for housing and repairing locomotives 3. a blow delivered with a wide swing • roundhouse adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
roundhouse — adj. Roundhouse is used with these nouns: ↑kick … Collocations dictionary
Roundhouse (disambiguation) — Roundhouse may refer to various things as listed below:BuildingsGeneric* Roundhouse, a railroad shop structure * The substructure of a Post mill. * Roundhouse, a small prison * Roundhouse (dwelling), an Iron Age dwellingpecific* St Giles s… … Wikipedia
Roundhouse-Kick — zum Kopf in einem Wettkampf … Deutsch Wikipedia
Roundhouse kick — infobox martial art term pic = boxe birmane3.jpg picsize = 150px picc Burmese Boxing kanji = 回し蹴り hiragana = まわしげり revhep = mawashi geri kunrei = mawasi geri hangul = 돌려 차기 rr = dollyeo chagi mr = tollyŏ ch akiA roundhouse kick (also known as a… … Wikipedia
