housing

Definitions


[ˈhaʊzɪŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- houses and flats considered collectively
(e.g: affordable housing)

- a rigid casing that encloses and protects a piece of moving or delicate equipment

- a recess or groove cut in one piece of wood to allow another piece to be attached to it


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[ˈhaʊzɪŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cloth covering put on a horse for protection or ornament


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘covering’): from Old French houce, from medieval Latin hultia, of Germanic origin




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