roundhousen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈraʊndhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈraʊndˌ(h)aʊs/

Forms: see round adj. and house n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: round adj., house n.¹

Etymology: < round adj. + house n.¹Some later uses in sense A. 1 may also show some influence from or association with round n.¹ 23b (which is first attested later than this specific sense of the English compound) or of Dutch †rondhuys guardhouse (1588; < ronde round n.¹ + †huys house n.¹). In sense B. 1 probably after sense A. 4, with reference to the trajectory of the ball being compared to the shape of the railway shed; compare earlier rounder n.² 4. Senses B. 2a and B. 2b show extended uses of sense B. 1. Sense A. 6a shows an use as noun of sense B. 1.

A. n.

1. A round or circular prison; (in early use) esp. a small, round, local lock-up.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up

roundhousec1437

cagea1500

stress house1505

lock-up1746

goose-house1841

booby hatch1859

prison camp1865

hold-over1888

booby-hutch1889

charge-house1900

c1437 in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 515 Paston..hadde youre seide suppliaunt in prisone... The seide Paston dede to bringe here oute of the Roundehows yn-to youre paleys.

1589 in Antiquary (1896) 32 373 [Rent of] the rounde house, iiijd.

1684 She-Wedding (title page) For which Fact the said Parties were both Committed, and one of them remains now in the Round House at Greenwich.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife iv. 46 Out of Respect to your Calling, I shan't put you into the Round-house.

1707 C. Cibber Double Gallant (ed. 2) i. 10 I sit up every Night at the Tavern; and, in the Morning,—lye rough in the Round-house.

1747 B. Hoadly Suspicious Husband ii. iv, 29 If this should prove a Round-House Affair.

1791 J. Wolcot Remonstrance in Wks. (1812) II. 455 Thence at the Round-house, in about an hour Renews his poor debilitated power Of comprehending.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxiv. 368 Mr. Dennis, having been made prisoner late in the evening, was removed to a neighbouring round-house for that night.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 185 Put him in the round house till he gets sober.

1910 J. R. W. Guelph Mem. Prince John De Guelph xxvii. 255 The last gang of convicts had reached the round-house.

1977 J. B. Jacobs Stateville i. 26 Cells in the round house built for a single individual were holding three men.

2009 T. Shellam Shaking Hands on Fringe viii. 156 They were bound up together and taken to Fremantle gaol, a whitewashed roundhouse which dominated the port township.

2. Nautical.

a. A cabin or set of cabins on a sailing ship, located below the poop on the after part of the quarterdeck. Now chiefly historical. N.E.D. (1909) notes: ‘more recently, in use only on old sailing vessels (where it forms the quarters of the sailmakers, carpenters, and apprentices), and in connection with Board of Trade tonnage measurements, when it generally includes all cabins built on deck’.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > deckhouse > types of

summercastle1345

summer-hutch1420

poop1551

roundhouse1611

caboose1747

hurricane-house1818

wheelhouse1835

storm-house1836

pilothouse1842

Texas1853

Liverpool house1869

monkey forecastle1870

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gaillard, the round house, or hinder castle, of a ship.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 10 The Captaines Cabben or great Cabben, the stearage, the halfe Decke, the round house, the Fore castle.

1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 126 The Guns in the Fore-castle and steerage clear the Deck, as those of the Round-house do the Quarter deck.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 30 We..secur'd the Steerage, as also the Round House, so that we could not possibly be surpriz'd.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Round-house, a name given, in East-Indiamen, and other large merchant-ships, to a cabin..built in the after part of the quarter-deck, and having the poop for it's roof. The apartment is usually called the coach in our ships of war.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 229 One of my cabin-windows (for I had half the round-house) was open.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 212 The steersman at the wheel paused and smiled, as the picture-like head gleamed through the window of the round house.

1922 N. Springer Blood Ship xix. 246 This roundhouse (which was really square,..like most roundhouses on board ship) was very plentifully supplied with port.

1963 M. Lowry Ultramarine (rev. ed.) i. 23 The white-painted galley with its..quartermasters' rooms and roundhouse amidships.

2006 A. Konstam Blackbeard iii. 86 In most cases pirates knocked down any roundhouse located under the poop deck abaft of the mizzenmast.

b. A lavatory on a ship, esp. one reserved for officers. Now historical.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > in a ship

head1712

roundhouse1805

1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 127 Round-house at the Head, conveniencies or seats of ease for the officers.

1806 J. Davis Post-Captain i. 5 I..was obliged to get up in the night to go to the round-house.

1847 in W. Burnett Rep. Solution Chloride of Zinc (1848) 10 It has not been sufficient safeguard against the strong urinous and other smells from the round-houses.

1900 H. C. Allen Let. in Mariner's Mirror (1977) 63 353 It must be most amusing to the bluejackets..to see a snotty..dash to the roundhouse and lock himself in.

1914 Mariner's Mirror 4 158/1 I imagine the origin of the modern use of the term ‘round house’ is to be found in the fact that English ships of the XVIII. century..had semi-circular screens built round the two latrines in the head at either end of the forecastle bulkhead.

2005 R. Adkins Nelson's Trafalgar (2006) iii. 43 There were usually two roundhouses, one on either side, and again they had a seat with a hole over a clear drop to the sea.

a. A round building or shed in which a machine, esp. a horse-powered mill, is operated by circular movement. Now chiefly historical.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > building containing industrial plant > [noun] > roundhouse

roundhouse1656

wheelhouse1971

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xlvi. §459 Hee that..turneth about a draw-beam with levers; or walking in the round-hous wheeleth the crane.

1772 Acct. Late Dreadful Hurricane 18 Roof of the stable blown away, and five horses killed, round house of the mill hurt.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Few farms are without a round-house in which the horses go round and round.

1920 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 4th Ser. 52 165 The round house..is so named, not from its exterior form, but from the fact that the horses in working the gear walk round and round.

1997 Daily Tel. 2 June 21/6 Flower..established a forge for the blacksmith in the old round-house which had once contained the horse-powered mill.

b. A similar building at the base of a windmill, enclosing the supporting structure.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > other parts of windmill

rown-wheel1688

stair-tree1688

tail1712

roundhouse1772

wind-wheel1867

windmill-cap1875

tail-box1895

quant1924

tail-pole1945

1772 Acct. Late Dreadful Hurricane 21 Every building at the works, except the boiling house and the windmill, destroyed; the round house of the mill mostly carried away.

1817 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 269/1 Two of the sails were blown off Mr. Manby's mill, one of which..went through the round-house.

1876 J. H. Ewing Jan of Windmill iii. 29 The projection is..an additional passage, encircling the bottom story of the windmill. It is the round-house. The round-house is commonly used as a kind of store-room.

1912 Louisiana Planter & Sugar Manufacturer 6 Sept. 177/2 Planters have lost no time this year in setting about the repairs of their windmills. One energetic gentleman..had all the timbers and round house taken down.

1954 R. Wailes Eng. Windmill i. 8 The tall brick roundhouse at Saxtead Green..protects the substructure of the mill.

2003 A. Burton Guide Britain's Working Past 90/2 Most later mills enclosed the post by a roundhouse, which both protects and supports the timbers and acts as a useful store.

4. A shed for railway engines which is built around a central turntable, and often circular or semicircular in plan. Also figurative.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > turntable > shed containing

roundhouse1854

1854 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 11 Jan. During the year buildings for the Company (Freight Warehouse, Brick round house, machine shop &c.,)..have been erected in this city.

1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 225 I found a quiet corner to sleep in, in the round-house, as they call the engine-sheds.

1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France ix. 269 Six large engines in the Troyes locomotive roundhouse.

1980 Dædalus Spring 121 Myths provide a conceptual system through which we may understand..a roundhouse where we can move from the track of one person's reality to another's.

2008 S. Bryan N. Carolina 197/1 The museum includes a..37-bay roundhouse where more than 25 restored locomotives and train cars are on display.

5. Archaeology. A type of circular building typical of north-western Europe (esp. the British Isles) during the Bronze and Iron Ages.Thought to have been used primarily as dwellings, roundhouses were often built from entirely perishable materials, and the sites where these buildings stood are frequently identified only by a ring of postholes in the ground where the timber superstructure stood.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > prehistoric dwellings

broch1654

crannog1851

pile-building1863

pile-work1863

fascine dwelling1865

lake-habitation1865

palafitte1866

terramare1866

roundhouse1872

mound dwelling1897

wag1911

wheel-dwelling1931

wheelhouse1935

1872 T. Nicholas Ann. & Antiq. Counties & County Families of Wales I. 353/1 On Bronderw estate, in the co. of Merioneth, is situated..a very interesting cromlech, and surrounding it are numerous Celtic roundhouses (Cyttiau Gwyddelod).

1886 J. H. Dixon Gairloch 97 Of other prehistoric remains the Pictish brochs or round houses are perhaps the most notable.

1948 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 14 69 This roundhouse is situated on the steep eastern coast of South Uist.

1987 London Archaeologist Winter 349/2 Of particular importance for the prehistoric period was the discovery of evidence for numerous round-houses.

2002 Oxoniensia 66 109 Within the area enclosed by this ditch a range of other features were found, including part of a ring gully and associated postholes—both possibly related to a roundhouse.

a. Baseball. A roundhouse curve. rare.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch

change of pace1650

slow ball1838

passed ball1860

ball1863

rib roaster1864

called ball1865

low ball1866

wild pitch1867

curveball1875

short pitch1877

grass cutter1879

fastball1883

downshoot1886

lob ball1888

pitchout1903

bean ballc1905

spitball1905

screwball1908

spitter1908

sinker ball1910

fallaway1912

meatball1912

fireball1913

roundhouse1913

forkball1923

sinker1926

knuckle ball1927

knuckler1928

gofer1932

slider1936

sailer1937

junk1941

change up1942

eephus1943

junkball1944

split-finger(ed) fastball1980

change1982

1913 Phi Gamma Delta Apr. 666/1 I..tried the drop, so that I could mix it in with my fast one and the old ‘round-house’ I was still using.

1926 Amer. Speech 1 369/2 Pitched balls are designated by obvious terms. A ‘spitter’, a ‘hook’,..a ‘round-house’.

1973 R. L. Hicks Pitching to Win 67 Too many young pitchers will flatten out this delivery in order to get a better spin on the ball. This defeats the purpose and results in a round house that is easily picked up.

b. Originally and chiefly U.S. A roundhouse punch or blow.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > swinging or sweeping

rounder1875

round-hander1887

swing1908

haymaker1912

roundhouse1932

1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan iii. 133 They fought, slugging, socking away, rushing, swinging with haymakers and wild swishing roundhouses.

1943 J. Sanford People from Heaven 228 Bishop pitched a roundhouse against a back corner of his lower jaw.

2009 C. Reich Rules of Vengeance 341 It was a large cut-glass fruit bowl, and he rushed forward and brought it in a roundhouse against the side of the Russian's head.

B. adj. (attributive).

1. Baseball. Of a curve ball: making a wide, gradual loop. Chiefly in roundhouse curve.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [adjective] > movement of ball

hot1865

curved1870

fast-breaking1893

roundhouse1897

seeing eye1950

1897 Washington Post 18 May 8/2 His only curve is one of those roundhouse benders that begins to break twenty feet in front of the plate.

1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 19 When I first joined the Giants, I had what is known as the ‘old round-house curve’, which is no more than a big, slow outdrop.

1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes vi. 128 My erstwhile friend's roundhouse curve..kept the opposing hitters off the bases.

1991 P. Stillwell Battleship Arizona 158/2 He had a big, roundhouse curveball as well.

2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Oct. iii. 2/1 Matsuzaka..has a handful of secondary pitches, including a change, a roundhouse curve and a split-finger fastball.

a. Originally and chiefly U.S. Of a punch or blow: delivered with a wide swinging movement of the arm.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [adjective] > specific type of blow

round1790

flush1812

sidewinding1848

knock-out1898

roundhouse1907

K.O.1922

1907 Washington Post 7 Mar. 8/6 Thomas started the first round with a left on Mellody's face, and Mellody got back with a roundhouse swing on Thomas' body.

1920 Collier's 3 July 34/4 He swung a roundhouse left, square to the Kid's unprotected face.

1946 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Dec. 2/6 Mr. Collins leaped to his feet and swung a round-house right at the witness.

1976 M. Machlin Pipeline lvii. 573 Doheny's arm drew back, as though to launch a roundhouse upper-cut.

2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who played with Fire xxv. 441 He would throw roundhouse swings that he telegraphed a month in advance, and I could duck or parry them.

b. Chiefly Martial Arts. Of a kick: delivered with a wide swinging movement of the leg.

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1940 M. Mann & C. C. Fries Swimming Fund. iv. 42 The round-house kick differs from the wedge kick first in the fact that, when the legs are drawn up, the feet are not allowed to float apart..but are kept well together.

1959 Pacific Stars & Stripes 2 Dec. 13 (caption) Roundhouse kick made by demonstrator at left blocks a flying side-kick.

1983 J. Gayton Uncommon Valor (film script) 45 (stage direct.) He wheels a roundhouse spinning back kick that practically takes Scott's head off.

2002 E. Nuwere & D. Chanoff Hacker Cracker i. 16 I kicked the Spanish guy in the thigh with all my might, a roundhouse kick, the hardest I can throw.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. In sense A. 2a.

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1685 B. Ringrose Bucaniers Amer. x. 54 We likewise took down our Round-house coach, and all the high carved work belonging to the stern of the ship.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 212 This we suppose was the Occasion of the great Quantity of Blood which we saw at the Round-house Door.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 389/2 Height from the upper side of the quarter-deck plank to the under side of the round-house plank.

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. (at cited word) The beams on which the poop rests are called the round-house beams.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped x. 92 A smooth, rolling sea that tossed the ship and made the blood run to and fro on the round-house floor.

1997 J. Chapple E. Gaskell xvii. 311 The ladies' round-house cabin..contained a pianoforte, music, books and drawing materials.

C2. In sense A. 4.

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1871 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 10 July 3/5 A roundhouse man, named Samuel Taylor, was seriously injured.

1899 J. A. Hill Stories of Railroad 130 I was ‘chewing the rag’ with a round-house foreman about it when Old Andy came along.

1945 F. H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue ii. 10 Many runners considered it smart to keep roundhouse work on an engine down to a minimum.

1973 H. Robertson Grass Roots x. 287 The men on the trains—brakemen, conductors, engineers—were a cut above the roundhouse workers.

2006 J. Dunn Comeng I. vii. 96/1 Its complete restoration was taken on..at the old steam loco roundhouse museum at Valley Heights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	roundhouse
释义	roundhousen.adj. Brit. /ˈraʊndhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈraʊndˌ(h)aʊs/ Forms: see round adj. and house n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: round adj., house n.¹ Etymology: < round adj. + house n.¹Some later uses in sense A. 1 may also show some influence from or association with round n.¹ 23b (which is first attested later than this specific sense of the English compound) or of Dutch †rondhuys guardhouse (1588; < ronde round n.¹ + †huys house n.¹). In sense B. 1 probably after sense A. 4, with reference to the trajectory of the ball being compared to the shape of the railway shed; compare earlier rounder n.² 4. Senses B. 2a and B. 2b show extended uses of sense B. 1. Sense A. 6a shows an use as noun of sense B. 1. A. n. 1. A round or circular prison; (in early use) esp. a small, round, local lock-up. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up roundhousec1437 cagea1500 stress house1505 lock-up1746 goose-house1841 booby hatch1859 prison camp1865 hold-over1888 booby-hutch1889 charge-house1900 c1437 in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 515 Paston..hadde youre seide suppliaunt in prisone... The seide Paston dede to bringe here oute of the Roundehows yn-to youre paleys. 1589 in Antiquary (1896) 32 373 [Rent of] the rounde house, iiijd. 1684 She-Wedding (title page) For which Fact the said Parties were both Committed, and one of them remains now in the Round House at Greenwich. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife iv. 46 Out of Respect to your Calling, I shan't put you into the Round-house. 1707 C. Cibber Double Gallant (ed. 2) i. 10 I sit up every Night at the Tavern; and, in the Morning,—lye rough in the Round-house. 1747 B. Hoadly Suspicious Husband ii. iv, 29 If this should prove a Round-House Affair. 1791 J. Wolcot Remonstrance in Wks. (1812) II. 455 Thence at the Round-house, in about an hour Renews his poor debilitated power Of comprehending. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxiv. 368 Mr. Dennis, having been made prisoner late in the evening, was removed to a neighbouring round-house for that night. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 185 Put him in the round house till he gets sober. 1910 J. R. W. Guelph Mem. Prince John De Guelph xxvii. 255 The last gang of convicts had reached the round-house. 1977 J. B. Jacobs Stateville i. 26 Cells in the round house built for a single individual were holding three men. 2009 T. Shellam Shaking Hands on Fringe viii. 156 They were bound up together and taken to Fremantle gaol, a whitewashed roundhouse which dominated the port township. 2. Nautical. a. A cabin or set of cabins on a sailing ship, located below the poop on the after part of the quarterdeck. Now chiefly historical. N.E.D. (1909) notes: ‘more recently, in use only on old sailing vessels (where it forms the quarters of the sailmakers, carpenters, and apprentices), and in connection with Board of Trade tonnage measurements, when it generally includes all cabins built on deck’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > deckhouse > types of summercastle1345 summer-hutch1420 poop1551 roundhouse1611 caboose1747 hurricane-house1818 wheelhouse1835 storm-house1836 pilothouse1842 Texas1853 Liverpool house1869 monkey forecastle1870 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gaillard, the round house, or hinder castle, of a ship. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 10 The Captaines Cabben or great Cabben, the stearage, the halfe Decke, the round house, the Fore castle. 1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 126 The Guns in the Fore-castle and steerage clear the Deck, as those of the Round-house do the Quarter deck. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 30 We..secur'd the Steerage, as also the Round House, so that we could not possibly be surpriz'd. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Round-house, a name given, in East-Indiamen, and other large merchant-ships, to a cabin..built in the after part of the quarter-deck, and having the poop for it's roof. The apartment is usually called the coach in our ships of war. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 229 One of my cabin-windows (for I had half the round-house) was open. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 212 The steersman at the wheel paused and smiled, as the picture-like head gleamed through the window of the round house. 1922 N. Springer Blood Ship xix. 246 This roundhouse (which was really square,..like most roundhouses on board ship) was very plentifully supplied with port. 1963 M. Lowry Ultramarine (rev. ed.) i. 23 The white-painted galley with its..quartermasters' rooms and roundhouse amidships. 2006 A. Konstam Blackbeard iii. 86 In most cases pirates knocked down any roundhouse located under the poop deck abaft of the mizzenmast. b. A lavatory on a ship, esp. one reserved for officers. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > in a ship head1712 roundhouse1805 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 127 Round-house at the Head, conveniencies or seats of ease for the officers. 1806 J. Davis Post-Captain i. 5 I..was obliged to get up in the night to go to the round-house. 1847 in W. Burnett Rep. Solution Chloride of Zinc (1848) 10 It has not been sufficient safeguard against the strong urinous and other smells from the round-houses. 1900 H. C. Allen Let. in Mariner's Mirror (1977) 63 353 It must be most amusing to the bluejackets..to see a snotty..dash to the roundhouse and lock himself in. 1914 Mariner's Mirror 4 158/1 I imagine the origin of the modern use of the term ‘round house’ is to be found in the fact that English ships of the XVIII. century..had semi-circular screens built round the two latrines in the head at either end of the forecastle bulkhead. 2005 R. Adkins Nelson's Trafalgar (2006) iii. 43 There were usually two roundhouses, one on either side, and again they had a seat with a hole over a clear drop to the sea. 3. a. A round building or shed in which a machine, esp. a horse-powered mill, is operated by circular movement. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > building containing industrial plant > [noun] > roundhouse roundhouse1656 wheelhouse1971 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xlvi. §459 Hee that..turneth about a draw-beam with levers; or walking in the round-hous wheeleth the crane. 1772 Acct. Late Dreadful Hurricane 18 Roof of the stable blown away, and five horses killed, round house of the mill hurt. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Few farms are without a round-house in which the horses go round and round. 1920 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 4th Ser. 52 165 The round house..is so named, not from its exterior form, but from the fact that the horses in working the gear walk round and round. 1997 Daily Tel. 2 June 21/6 Flower..established a forge for the blacksmith in the old round-house which had once contained the horse-powered mill. b. A similar building at the base of a windmill, enclosing the supporting structure. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > other parts of windmill rown-wheel1688 stair-tree1688 tail1712 roundhouse1772 wind-wheel1867 windmill-cap1875 tail-box1895 quant1924 tail-pole1945 1772 Acct. Late Dreadful Hurricane 21 Every building at the works, except the boiling house and the windmill, destroyed; the round house of the mill mostly carried away. 1817 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 269/1 Two of the sails were blown off Mr. Manby's mill, one of which..went through the round-house. 1876 J. H. Ewing Jan of Windmill iii. 29 The projection is..an additional passage, encircling the bottom story of the windmill. It is the round-house. The round-house is commonly used as a kind of store-room. 1912 Louisiana Planter & Sugar Manufacturer 6 Sept. 177/2 Planters have lost no time this year in setting about the repairs of their windmills. One energetic gentleman..had all the timbers and round house taken down. 1954 R. Wailes Eng. Windmill i. 8 The tall brick roundhouse at Saxtead Green..protects the substructure of the mill. 2003 A. Burton Guide Britain's Working Past 90/2 Most later mills enclosed the post by a roundhouse, which both protects and supports the timbers and acts as a useful store. 4. A shed for railway engines which is built around a central turntable, and often circular or semicircular in plan. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > turntable > shed containing roundhouse1854 1854 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 11 Jan. During the year buildings for the Company (Freight Warehouse, Brick round house, machine shop &c.,)..have been erected in this city. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 225 I found a quiet corner to sleep in, in the round-house, as they call the engine-sheds. 1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France ix. 269 Six large engines in the Troyes locomotive roundhouse. 1980 Dædalus Spring 121 Myths provide a conceptual system through which we may understand..a roundhouse where we can move from the track of one person's reality to another's. 2008 S. Bryan N. Carolina 197/1 The museum includes a..37-bay roundhouse where more than 25 restored locomotives and train cars are on display. 5. Archaeology. A type of circular building typical of north-western Europe (esp. the British Isles) during the Bronze and Iron Ages.Thought to have been used primarily as dwellings, roundhouses were often built from entirely perishable materials, and the sites where these buildings stood are frequently identified only by a ring of postholes in the ground where the timber superstructure stood. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > prehistoric dwellings broch1654 crannog1851 pile-building1863 pile-work1863 fascine dwelling1865 lake-habitation1865 palafitte1866 terramare1866 roundhouse1872 mound dwelling1897 wag1911 wheel-dwelling1931 wheelhouse1935 1872 T. Nicholas Ann. & Antiq. Counties & County Families of Wales I. 353/1 On Bronderw estate, in the co. of Merioneth, is situated..a very interesting cromlech, and surrounding it are numerous Celtic roundhouses (Cyttiau Gwyddelod). 1886 J. H. Dixon Gairloch 97 Of other prehistoric remains the Pictish brochs or round houses are perhaps the most notable. 1948 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 14 69 This roundhouse is situated on the steep eastern coast of South Uist. 1987 London Archaeologist Winter 349/2 Of particular importance for the prehistoric period was the discovery of evidence for numerous round-houses. 2002 Oxoniensia 66 109 Within the area enclosed by this ditch a range of other features were found, including part of a ring gully and associated postholes—both possibly related to a roundhouse. 6. a. Baseball. A roundhouse curve. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch change of pace1650 slow ball1838 passed ball1860 ball1863 rib roaster1864 called ball1865 low ball1866 wild pitch1867 curveball1875 short pitch1877 grass cutter1879 fastball1883 downshoot1886 lob ball1888 pitchout1903 bean ballc1905 spitball1905 screwball1908 spitter1908 sinker ball1910 fallaway1912 meatball1912 fireball1913 roundhouse1913 forkball1923 sinker1926 knuckle ball1927 knuckler1928 gofer1932 slider1936 sailer1937 junk1941 change up1942 eephus1943 junkball1944 split-finger(ed) fastball1980 change1982 1913 Phi Gamma Delta Apr. 666/1 I..tried the drop, so that I could mix it in with my fast one and the old ‘round-house’ I was still using. 1926 Amer. Speech 1 369/2 Pitched balls are designated by obvious terms. A ‘spitter’, a ‘hook’,..a ‘round-house’. 1973 R. L. Hicks Pitching to Win 67 Too many young pitchers will flatten out this delivery in order to get a better spin on the ball. This defeats the purpose and results in a round house that is easily picked up. b. Originally and chiefly U.S. A roundhouse punch or blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > swinging or sweeping rounder1875 round-hander1887 swing1908 haymaker1912 roundhouse1932 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan iii. 133 They fought, slugging, socking away, rushing, swinging with haymakers and wild swishing roundhouses. 1943 J. Sanford People from Heaven 228 Bishop pitched a roundhouse against a back corner of his lower jaw. 2009 C. Reich Rules of Vengeance 341 It was a large cut-glass fruit bowl, and he rushed forward and brought it in a roundhouse against the side of the Russian's head. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Baseball. Of a curve ball: making a wide, gradual loop. Chiefly in roundhouse curve. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [adjective] > movement of ball hot1865 curved1870 fast-breaking1893 roundhouse1897 seeing eye1950 1897 Washington Post 18 May 8/2 His only curve is one of those roundhouse benders that begins to break twenty feet in front of the plate. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 19 When I first joined the Giants, I had what is known as the ‘old round-house curve’, which is no more than a big, slow outdrop. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes vi. 128 My erstwhile friend's roundhouse curve..kept the opposing hitters off the bases. 1991 P. Stillwell Battleship Arizona 158/2 He had a big, roundhouse curveball as well. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Oct. iii. 2/1 Matsuzaka..has a handful of secondary pitches, including a change, a roundhouse curve and a split-finger fastball. 2. a. Originally and chiefly U.S. Of a punch or blow: delivered with a wide swinging movement of the arm. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [adjective] > specific type of blow round1790 flush1812 sidewinding1848 knock-out1898 roundhouse1907 K.O.1922 1907 Washington Post 7 Mar. 8/6 Thomas started the first round with a left on Mellody's face, and Mellody got back with a roundhouse swing on Thomas' body. 1920 Collier's 3 July 34/4 He swung a roundhouse left, square to the Kid's unprotected face. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Dec. 2/6 Mr. Collins leaped to his feet and swung a round-house right at the witness. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline lvii. 573 Doheny's arm drew back, as though to launch a roundhouse upper-cut. 2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who played with Fire xxv. 441 He would throw roundhouse swings that he telegraphed a month in advance, and I could duck or parry them. b. Chiefly Martial Arts. Of a kick: delivered with a wide swinging movement of the leg. ΚΠ 1940 M. Mann & C. C. Fries Swimming Fund. iv. 42 The round-house kick differs from the wedge kick first in the fact that, when the legs are drawn up, the feet are not allowed to float apart..but are kept well together. 1959 Pacific Stars & Stripes 2 Dec. 13 (caption) Roundhouse kick made by demonstrator at left blocks a flying side-kick. 1983 J. Gayton Uncommon Valor (film script) 45 (stage direct.) He wheels a roundhouse spinning back kick that practically takes Scott's head off. 2002 E. Nuwere & D. Chanoff Hacker Cracker i. 16 I kicked the Spanish guy in the thigh with all my might, a roundhouse kick, the hardest I can throw. Compounds General attributive. C1. In sense A. 2a. ΚΠ 1685 B. Ringrose Bucaniers Amer. x. 54 We likewise took down our Round-house coach, and all the high carved work belonging to the stern of the ship. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 212 This we suppose was the Occasion of the great Quantity of Blood which we saw at the Round-house Door. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 389/2 Height from the upper side of the quarter-deck plank to the under side of the round-house plank. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. (at cited word) The beams on which the poop rests are called the round-house beams. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped x. 92 A smooth, rolling sea that tossed the ship and made the blood run to and fro on the round-house floor. 1997 J. Chapple E. Gaskell xvii. 311 The ladies' round-house cabin..contained a pianoforte, music, books and drawing materials. C2. In sense A. 4. ΚΠ 1871 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 10 July 3/5 A roundhouse man, named Samuel Taylor, was seriously injured. 1899 J. A. Hill Stories of Railroad 130 I was ‘chewing the rag’ with a round-house foreman about it when Old Andy came along. 1945 F. H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue ii. 10 Many runners considered it smart to keep roundhouse work on an engine down to a minimum. 1973 H. Robertson Grass Roots x. 287 The men on the trains—brakemen, conductors, engineers—were a cut above the roundhouse workers. 2006 J. Dunn Comeng I. vii. 96/1 Its complete restoration was taken on..at the old steam loco roundhouse museum at Valley Heights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). roundhousev. Brit. /ˈraʊndhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈraʊndˌ(h)aʊs/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: roundhouse n. Etymology: < roundhouse n. 1. transitive. To confine or store in a roundhouse. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] beclosec1000 setc1100 steekc1175 prison?c1225 adightc1275 imprison1297 laya1325 keepc1330 presentc1380 locka1400 throwc1422 commise1480 clapc1530 shop1548 to lay up1565 incarcerate1575 embar1590 immure1598 hole1608 trunk1608 to keep (a person) darka1616 carceir1630 enjaila1631 pocket1631 bridewell1733 bastille1745 cage1805 quod1819 bag1824 carcerate1839 to send down1840 jug1841 slough1848 to send up1852 to put away1859 warehouse1881 roundhouse1889 smug1896 to bang up1950 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xiii. 117 I have been round-housed many a time by the watch. 1896 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 24 Mar. 4/4 As a mere thought engine none of finer or more elaborate and hair-lien finish than Carlisle was ever round-housed at the capital. 1916 Southwestern Reporter 182 1218/2 A carrier of bananas..twice disregarded the messenger's request en route to roundhouse the bananas. 1918 Federal Railway Digest 2 42 The carrier is not required to heat the car or to roundhouse the unheated car in order to protect the shipment from extremely cold weather. 2. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To deliver (a blow) with a wide swinging movement of the arm; to hit (a person) with such a blow. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist > swinging or sweeping roundhouse1934 to take a swing at1983 1934 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 18 Dec. 32/2 Karch had been down twice in the initial round and looked out of the running until he round housed a right that caught Al squarely on the jaw. 1942 P. Stong Iron Mountain 87 Donovan's a little foggy still, I guess. He's tryin' to roundhouse the kid and getting nowhere. 1974 W. Garner Big enough Wreath xi. 137 She roundhoused Smith with a white plastic handbag that must have had a brick in it. 2003 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel 8 Apr. 15 a/4 He roundhoused the left for something like its soft spot for certain tyrants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1437v.1889
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roundhousen.adj.

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roundhousev.