round house

Train turntable building

A roundhouse is a circular building for storing and servicing locomotives, with tracks radiating from a central turntable.

The term also names a cabin on a ship's quarterdeck.

In fighting, a roundhouse is a wide, sweeping punch or kick that travels in an arc: He threw a roundhouse that caught me on the jaw.

As an adjective, roundhouse describes this swinging motion: a roundhouse right.

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round houseA-frame

Triangular building structure

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round housejab

Quick, straight blow

straight punch · cross · front kick · thrust · push kick

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