round in

English

Verb

round in (third-person singular simple present rounds in, present participle rounding in, simple past and past participle rounded in)

  1. (nautical) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall.
    • 1891, William Gordon Stables, Our Home in the Silver West:
      Moncrieff rounded in the slack of the rope and landed the captain most beautifully.
  2. (US, dated) To round up (cattle) by riding around them.

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