Definition of Roundhouses

1. Noun. (plural of roundhouse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roundhouses

1. roundhouse [n] - See also: roundhouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roundhouses

roundelays
roundels
rounder
rounders
roundest
roundfish
roundfishes
roundheaded
roundheadedness
roundheel
roundheels
roundhouse
roundhouse kick
roundhouse kicks
roundhoused
roundhouses (current term)
roundhousing
rounding
rounding down
rounding error
rounding off
rounding out
rounding up
roundings
roundish
roundishly
roundishness
roundle
roundles
roundlet

Literary usage of Roundhouses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1912)
"CHAPTER I. SHOPS AND roundhouses—CARE AND REPAIRS OF LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS. ... The force engaged about the shops and roundhouses constitutes a vast and ..."

2. Electric Arc Welding by Ernest Wanamaker, Harry R. Pennington (1921)
"Experience has proved that car yards, roundhouses and other similar places ... 15—Layout for Portable Arc Welding Equipment in roundhouses the welder to the ..."

3. Heating and Ventilation by B.F. Sturtevant Company (1914)
"Locomotive Roundhouse Certain conditions, peculiar to locomotive roundhouses, make the Sturtevant System most advisable for heating. ..."

4. Railway Shop Up to Date: A Reference Book of Up to Date American Railway by Maham H. Haig (1907)
"Within recent vears several roundhouses have been constructed with provision for ... The design of the roundhouses built at Pueblo and Denver on the ..."

5. Railway Shop Up to Date: A Reference Book of Up to Date American Railway by Maham H. Haig (1907)
"Within recent years several roundhouses have been constructed with ... The design of the roundhouses built at Pueblo and Denver on the Denver & Rio Grande ..."

6. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1906)
"The contract and the law operates to fix beyond the control of the railroad company the place at which its machine shops and roundhouses must be kept and ..."

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