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What (who) is roundhouse - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Round house; Roundhouses; Round-house; The Round House; Round House; Roundhouse (disambiguation); Ceremonial roundhouse
Roundhouse
·noun A privy near the bow of the vessel.
II. Roundhouse ·noun A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.
III. Roundhouse ·noun A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
IV. Roundhouse ·noun A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof;
- sometimes called the coach.
roundhouse
¦ 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.
roundhouse
n.
type of blow
to throw a roundhouse
Examples of use of roundhouse
1. He lands a roundhouse right on his rival‘s face, rocking the man on his heels.
2. Norris is known primarily for roundhouse–kicking bad guys on TV and in the movies.
3. Next year, she tells me excitedly, she‘s bringing the latter‘s circus–inspired Ocean to the Roundhouse.
4. The band will make their first live appearance at the Roundhouse in London in October.
5. The huge, twisting, roundhouse punch Katrina delivered to the Bay St.