housing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun structures collectively in which people are housed
    living accommodations; lodging.
  2. noun a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
  3. noun stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
    trapping; caparison.
  4. verb contain or cover
    house.
    • This box houses the gears
  5. verb provide housing for
    house; put up; domiciliate.
    • The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town

WordNet

Hous"ing noun
Etymology
From House. In some of its senses this word has been confused with the following word.
Definitions
  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. Fabyan.
  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.
  4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
  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.
Hous"ing noun
Etymology
From Houss.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913