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roundhouse
1. a circular building in which railway locomotives are serviced or housed, radial tracks being fed by a central turntable
2. Boxing slang
a. a swinging punch or style of punching
b. (as modifier): a roundhouse style
3. Pinochle US a meld of all four kings and queens
4. Obsolete a cabin on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship

roundhouse
A house that is round in plan, with no exterior corners.


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Following a certain time period, most Roundhouses had to close down as the age of the steam engine had elapsed so these buildings were often completely destroyed.
The building is one of two roundhouses at the Felin Uchaf educational centre, a fewmiles beyondRhoshirwaun near the tip of the Llyn peninsula.
There are four roundhouses in the village along with a camp fire, water and wood storage areas and an area to keep sheep.
 
 
 
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