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English Dictionary: housing	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for housing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
housing n structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations] a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse Synonym(s): caparison, trapping, housing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houseline \House"line`\, n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also {housing}. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.