Housing

n. [From house, v. t. Cf. W. hues, a covering, and Houss.]

1. Cover or cloth over or under a horse's saddle used for cleanliness, or as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddle-cloth; a horse-cloth.
2. A covering or protection to any thing, as to a vessel laid up in harbor or dock; the act of putting under shelter. Kane.
3. Houses, taken collectively. [Obs.]
4. A houseline. See HOUSELINE.
5. (Arch.) (a.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of another. (b.) A niche for a statue.
6. (Mach.) (a.) The part of the framing which holds a journal-box in place. See JAW. (b.) The uprights supporting the cross-slide of a planer.