housing

housing is a   Noun

Definition:

[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] 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] A niche for a statue.

[5] A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.

[6] That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.

[7] A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.

[8] A houseline. See Houseline.

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