Definitions for the word "housing" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. p. pr. & vb. n.
of House
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A niche for a statue.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A houseline. See Houseline.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
1 a dwelling-houses collectively. B provision of these. 2 shelter, lodging. 3 rigid casing for machinery etc. 4 hole or niche cut in one piece of wood for another to fit into.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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