HOUS'ED, participle passive s as z. Put under cover; sheltered. HOUS'ING, participle present tense s as z. Covering; sheltering. 1. Warped; crooked, as a brick. HOUS'ING, noun Houses in general. 1. A cloth laid over a saddle. 2. A piece of cloth fastened to the hinder part of a saddle, and covering the horse's croup; called also boot-housing. 3. [See Houseline.]
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