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Definitions for: Housing
[n] stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
[n] housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed
[n] a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
Synonyms: caparison, housings, living accommodations, lodging, trapping, trappings
See Also: abode, apartment, bard, billet, binnacle, block, cabinet, camp, case, casing, condominium, console, construction, crankcase, distributor housing, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, flat, habitation, home, horsecloth, hospice, hostel, journal box, lamp housing, lamphouse, living quarters, pied-a-terre, protection, protective cover, protective covering, quartering, quarters, radar dome, radome, rattrap, saddlery, shell, stable gear, structure, student lodging, tack, youth hostel
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