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Meaning of 'housing' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Housing [ n.]
- The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
- That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
- 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.
- A niche for a statue.
- A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
- That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
- A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
- A houseline. See Houseline.
- A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
- An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
2 . Housing [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of House

Nearby Words:

houdah hough houghed houghing houlet hoult hound hound's-tongue hounded houndfish

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