Roundhouse \Round"house`\, n.
1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station
house. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.)
(a) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the
quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; --
sometimes called the coach.
(b) A privy near the bow of the vessel.
3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a
turntable.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Coach \Coach\ (?; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of
cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. ?,
akin to Skr. [,c]ankha. Cf. Conch, Cockboat, Cockle.]
1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in
the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside,
each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in
front for the driver.
Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect
to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches
and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats
inside, each for two or three persons, and seats
outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for
examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew
for a race. [Colloq.]
Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester
coach. --G. Eliot.
3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck,
usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.]
[Obs.]
The commanders came on board and the council sat in
the coach. --Pepys.
4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished
from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is
sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Coach \Coach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Coaching.]
1. To convey in a coach. --Pope.
2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction;
to train by special instruction. [Colloq.]
I coached him before he got his scholarship. --G.
Eliot.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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