round house

A form of roundhouse — A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.

Meanings

nounround house (plural round houses)

plural round houses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of roundhouse.

    The running sheds consist of four round-houses, and still bear traces of the notorious "Baedeker" raid on the City of York itself.

    1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 358
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