roundhouse
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- noun
- /ˈraʊndˌhaʊs/
- Specialized
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taller circular
- We carried him to the roundhouse foreman's office where the power pusher arranged for a team and buggy to carry him to the doctor.
- direction of the roundhouse
Examples
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I spotted Monaghan in his usual garb of derby hat, vest, watch chain, and jumper, watching the roundhouse hostler spinning our engine on the turntable.
Fiction book (1999) -
"When I was a young man, I worked in a roundhouse.
Fiction book (2001) -
Meet me in one hour outside the Cable Roundhouse.
Fiction book (1997) -
You may have seen him on the news when he bought an old Southern Pacific roundhouse to accommodate his vintage electric trains.
Fiction book (1997) -
A welder who works in the roundhouse at the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's Proviso yard.
Blog text (34) -
Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse, is giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam.
Blog text (34) -
The workers meticulously inspected the locomotives inside the roundhouse to ensure they were ready for service.
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The historic roundhouse at the museum showcases vintage trains and offers guided tours.
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During our tour, we entered the roundhouse where the trains were serviced and learned about their maintenance.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roundhouse comes from the simple parts round and house, meaning a 'round' or circular building. Railways named the building this because engines are moved on a central turntable into a circle of tracks, so a roundhouse is a circular place where locomotives are stored and repaired.