'Housing' definitions:

Definition of 'housing'

(from WordNet)
noun
Structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations]
noun
A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
noun
Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison, trapping, housing]

Definition of 'Housing'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • At length have housed me in a humble shed. --Young. [1913 Webster]
  • House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To drive to a shelter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To admit to residence; to harbor. [1913 Webster]
  • Palladius wished him to house all the Helots. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To deposit and cover, as in the grave. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Naut.) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe; as, to house the upper spars. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Housing'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively. --Fabyan. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, such as a piece of machinery, journal boxes, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Housing'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'housing'

From: GCIDE
  • Houseline \House"line`\, n. (Naut.) A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called also housing. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'housing'

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Words containing 'Housing'