Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HOUS'ING
HOUS'ING, n.
- Houses in general.
- [Fr. housse; W. hws, a covering.] A cloth laid over a saddle. Encyc.
- A piece of cloth fastened to the hinder part of a saddle, and covering the horse's croup; called also boot-housing.
- [See Houseline.]
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