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hous·ing
I. \ˈhau̇ziŋ, -zēŋ\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English; partly from hous, n., house + -ing: partly from gerund of housen to house — more at house
1. : shelter, lodging
2.
a. : the act of placing under shelter
b. : the act of living in a house
3. : dwellings provided for numbers of people or for a community
< housing for the aged >
4.
a. : something that covers or protects (as of boards over a ship's deck)
b. : a case or enclosure especially for a machine or part, an instrument, a lamp
< the differential housing on an automobile >
c. : a tube or cylindrical sleeve or casing (as an enclosed bearing) in which a shaft revolves
5. : a portion of a mast that is beneath the deck or of a bowsprit that is inboard
6.
a. : the space taken out of a structural member (as a timber) to admit the insertion of part of another — compare mortise
b. : a hollowed space (as a niche) for holding a piece of sculpture
7. [perhaps from Dutch huizing (from huis house + -ing) or Low German hüsing, from hus house + -ing)] : houseline
II. noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from house housing + -ing — more at house
1. : an ornamental cover for a horse's saddle
2. housings plural : trappings, ornamentation |