roundhouse

A circular building for housing and switching locomotives.

A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck of a ship.

A meld of four kings and four queens in pinochle.

A punch or kick delivered with a sweeping movement from one side.

A lockup; a station-house; a watch-house.

Nautical: A cabin or apartment on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof: formerly sometimes called the coach; also, the poop itself.

An erection abaft the mainmast for the accommodation of the officers or crew of a vessel.

On American railroads, a building, usually round and built of brick, having stalls for the storage of locomotives, with tracks leading from them to a central turn-table. In Great Britain called engine-house or engine-shed.

A privy.

A constable’s prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.