1A railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable.
‘The complex included a roundhouse built in 1924, and a massive Back Shop, constructed in 1905, along with dozens of other ancillary structures.’
‘There were several switches, bridges and tunnels, signals and watertowers, and a roundhouse in the center.’
2informal A blow given with a wide sweep of the arm.
‘he caught Dad on the head with a roundhouse’
‘he'd taken a roundhouse punch’
‘I was blocking high, to stop the roundhouse, and the sweep caught me totally off guard.’
‘Both are limited to essentially one fighting move, a roundhouse punch, which makes for very repetitive and dull action sequences.’
‘He pulled him off of her and, dodging a few punches, landed a few jabs and then a roundhouse punch.’
‘Takemoto, in the middle rounds, attacked him with straight rights, while Saohin responded with roundhouse blows.’
‘Dean is a fighter, albeit one who needs to learn that in an ideological spat, a well-placed jab often can do more damage than a barrage of roundhouse punches.’
‘With that retort, Will shoved Mark into a table, but Mark countered, ducking from a roundhouse swing and taking Will's legs out from underneath him.’
‘The other man took a roundhouse swing at Adam's head but Adam was able to block.’
‘Outside in the wet grass, Max managed to get back to his feet before the jaguar could jump him and he took a roundhouse swipe at the cat.’
‘When Angel was finished his swing, Andrea rushed in and threw a roundhouse at his head as quickly as she could.’
‘I turned and ran straight into a roundhouse right that drove me into the stack of crates, toppling it.’
‘Then he throws a heavy, slow roundhouse punch at my face.’
‘He countered with a roundhouse that Ayane caught on her forehead.’
‘Before he got a chance to counter, she launched a sharp roundhouse to his stomach, doubling him over.’
‘He tried a high roundhouse and was met with an inside crescent by Jordan.’
‘Albert steps forward and swings the book in a roundhouse.’
‘The fight began with a single word from Harcouth and her opponent opened with a roundhouse that would have broken her jaw had it connected.’
‘He gave David a roundhouse and ducked when David tried the same move.’
‘His cheek was already swelling from the roundhouse and he had a rather nice black eye.’
‘She switched her stance and lashed out with a double roundhouse, powerful enough to snap bone.’
‘Malcolm shook off his captors and landed a roundhouse on the King's mouth, knocking him flat on his back.’
2.1Baseball A slow, widely curving pitch.
2.2A wide turn on a surfboard.
3historical A cabin or set of cabins on the after part of the quarterdeck of a sailing ship.