a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
housings.the trappings on a horse.
Origin of housing
2
1635–45; compare earlier house,Middle English hous(e), houc(e) in same sense <Old French houce<Germanic *hulfti- (compare Medieval Latin hultia), akin to Middle Dutch hulfte cover for bow and arrow, Middle High German hulft covering; -ing1 added by association with house, housing1
Today, in 70 percent of the areas in which it is legal to build housing, it is only legal to build single-family homes.
Single-Family Zoning’s Century of Supremacy in San Diego|Andrew Keatts|August 26, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Wilbourn, who left the housing authority in October 2019, declined interview requests from The Capital and ProPublica while she was leading the agency and after she departed.
She Was Sued Over Rent She Didn’t Owe. It Took Seven Court Dates to Prove She Was Right.|by Danielle Ohl, Capital Gazette, and Talia Buford and Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica|August 25, 2020|ProPublica
A federal Bureau of Prisons facility in downtown San Diego is the site of nearly 50 coronavirus cases as of late last week after a group of people in a single housing unit were infected with the virus.
Morning Report: The Deal Before the 101 Ash St. Deal|Voice of San Diego|August 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Again, it would mean the city didn’t need to borrow a big chunk of money and would eventually own a building capable of housing hundreds of employees for decades.
The Deal Before the 101 Ash St. Debacle Helps Explain How We Got Here|Lisa Halverstadt and Jesse Marx|August 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Every person in the housing unit has now been tested, said Bureau of Prisons spokesman Justin Long in an e-mail.
Downtown Federal Jail Facility Has Nearly 50 Coronavirus Cases|Maya Srikrishnan|August 21, 2020|Voice of San Diego
They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.
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One night in 2004, my college boyfriend called me from inside a closet in a north Toronto housing project.
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The housing bubble was at very the center of the financial crisis that birthed Dodd-Frank.
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Like the financial sector, the housing industry is massively regulated in all sorts of ways.
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Cuomo made his own name by working on housing policy—but particularly urban housing policy.
Andrew Cuomo Ignores Rural New York|David Fontana|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That Hawkins had used it for the landing and housing of corn for his trade as a baker.
Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs|Samuel Adams Drake
About thirty miles behind the line some villages were set aside for the housing and training of the new units.
Life in a Tank|Richard Haigh
One of the most difficult problems that the corporation has had to deal with was the housing of the poor.
We must also make some very important changes in our housing programs if we are to pursue these same basic goals.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
The past had been most concretely that vanished and slightly sordid tenement of the current housing of the muse.
Lady Barbarina|Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for housing (1 of 2)
housing1
/ (ˈhaʊzɪŋ) /
noun
houses or dwellings collectively
(as modifier)a housing problem
the act of providing with accommodation
a hole, recess, groove, or slot made in one wooden member to receive another
a part designed to shelter, cover, contain, or support a component, such as a bearing, or a mechanism, such as a pump or wheela bearing housing; a motor housing; a wheel housing
another word for houseline
British Dictionary definitions for housing (2 of 2)
housing2
/ (ˈhaʊzɪŋ) /
noun
(often plural)archaic another word for trappings (def. 2)
Word Origin for housing
C14: from Old French houce covering, of Germanic origin