Housing

Definition of Housing

Hous´ing

n.	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.
	3.	(Arch.) 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.
	4.	(Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, such as a piece of machinery, journal boxes, etc.
	5.	(Naut.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
	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.

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