DCHP-1 Online
roundup † 
1 n. the periodic bringing together of range livestock for branding, shipping, etc.
- 1883 At the round-up this year they should have had 13,000 head of cattle, and they only counted 5,000.
- 1963 So the roundup was organized, and the riders went out keen with the excitement of the chase.
- 1883 At the round-up this year they should have had 13,000 head of cattle, and they only counted 5,000.
2 n. a bringing together of persons, usually by some authority, such as the police.
- 1926-27 A few of the wildest and most independent Indians had, in one way and another, evaded the "round up" of the police and American cavalry.
- 1955 "There was one thing you could be sure of with Baldy and that was that as sure as there was a mornin' round-up, he would be away without leave, more than likely up on some mountain top lookin' at the sunrise."
- 1926-27 A few of the wildest and most independent Indians had, in one way and another, evaded the "round up" of the police and American cavalry.