\Hous"ing\, n. [From {House}. In some of its senses this
word has been confused with the following word.]
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\, n. [From {Houss}.]
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.