Roundhouse: alternatives and connections

An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.

A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.

"The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name…

Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.

A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison.

The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable.

a network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain by a linear sequence of buses.; "In a bus network, every station rece…

A jail; a lockup.

The district or jurisdiction of a constable.

The office or functions of a constable.

The wife of a constable.

The district to which a constable's power is limited.

Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lowe…

A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch fro…

Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; consp…

To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.

A petty constable.

To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to ho…