Housing

1. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
2. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.
3. A niche for a statue.
4. of House
5. 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.
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. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
9. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
10. A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.
11. A houseline. See Houseline.