round in verb2 •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.Moncrieff rounded in the slack of the rope and landed the captain most beautifully. — 1891 •(US, old-fashioned) To round up (cattle) by riding around them. formsrounded in · rounding in · rounds in