3. pl. An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another
English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football.
Now we play rounders, and then we played prisoner's base.
Bagehot.
Round"fish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of
flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. (b) A lake whitefish
(Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species.
It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
Round"head` (?), n. (Eng. Hist.) A nickname for a Puritan. See
Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone.
Round"head`ed, a. Having a round head or top.
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.