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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOUS'ING , n. Among seamen, a small line formed of three strands, smaller than rope-yard, used for seizings, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations]
2: a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
3: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison, trapping, housing]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. shelter, lodging b. dwellings provided for people 2. a. a niche for a sculpture b. the space taken out of a structural member (as a timber) to admit the insertion of part of another 3. something that covers or protects: as a. a case or enclosure (as for a mechanical part or an instrument) b. a casing (as an enclosed bearing) in which a shaft revolves c. a support (as a frame) for mechanical parts II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from house housing (from Anglo-French huce, houce, of Germanic origin) + -ing; akin to Middle High German hulft covering Date: 15th century caparison 1

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 a dwelling-houses collectively. b the provision of these. 2 shelter, lodging. 3 a rigid casing, esp. for moving or sensitive parts of a machine. 4 the hole or niche cut in one piece of wood to receive some part of another in order to join them. Phrases and idioms: housing estate a residential area planned as a unit. 2. n. a cloth covering put on a horse for protection or ornament. Etymology: ME = covering, f. obs. house f. OF houce f. med.L hultia f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

House House, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Housed; p. pr. & vb. n. Housing.] [AS. h?sian.] 1. 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 house one's family in a comfortable home; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young. House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn. 2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak. 3. To admit to residence; to harbor. Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys. 5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Houseline House"line`, n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing. --Totten.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Housing Hous"ing, n. [From Houss.] 1. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings. 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Housing Hous"ing, n. [From House. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.] 1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation. 2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. --Fabyan. 3. (Arch.) (a) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another. (b) A niche for a statue. 4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc. 5. (Naut.) (a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. (b) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up. (c) A houseline. See Houseline.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. You refer to the buildings in which people live as housing when you are talking about their standard, price, or availability. ...a shortage of affordable housing... = accommodation

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Horse-cloth, saddle-cloth, trappings. 2. Covering, protection (from the weather).

Moby Thesaurus

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