meaning of housing
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.
3. 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.
4. A niche for a statue.
5. A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
6. That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
7. A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
8. A houseline. See Houseline.
9. A cover or cloth for a horses saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
10. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
11. of House
12. stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially formerly for a warhorse
Related Words
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