housing

¹

[ hou-zing ]

noun

1. any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place.
2. houses collectively.
3. the act of one who houses or puts under shelter.
4. the providing of houses for a group or community:

   the housing of an influx of laborers.

5. anything that covers or protects.

   Synonyms: sheath, shield, casing, covering

6. Machinery. a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism.
7. Carpentry. the space made in one piece of wood, or the like, for the insertion of another.
8. Nautical.
   1. Also called bury. the portion of a mast below the deck.
   2. Also called bury. the portion of a bowsprit aft of the forward part of the stem of a vessel.
   3. the doubling of an upper mast.
9. a niche for a statue.

housing

²

[ hou-zing ]

noun

1. a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
2. housings, the trappings on a horse.

housing

¹

/ ˈhaʊzɪŋ /

noun

1. See trappings
   archaic.
   often plural another word for trappings

housing

²

/ ˈhaʊzɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. houses or dwellings collectively
   2. ( as modifier )

      a housing problem

2. the act of providing with accommodation
3. a hole, recess, groove, or slot made in one wooden member to receive another
4. a part designed to shelter, cover, contain, or support a component, such as a bearing, or a mechanism, such as a pump or wheel

   a motor housing

   a bearing housing

   a wheel housing

5. See houseline
   another word for houseline

Word History and Origins

Origin of housing¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; house + -ing ¹( def )

Origin of housing²

First recorded in 1690–1700; compare earlier house, Middle English hous(e), houc(e) in same sense, from Old French houce, from unrecorded Germanic hulfti- (compare Medieval Latin hultia ), akin to Middle Dutch hulfte “cover for bow and arrow,” Middle High German hulft “covering”; -ing ¹ added by association with house, housing ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of housing¹

C14: from Old French houce covering, of Germanic origin

Example Sentences

Today, in 70 percent of the areas in which it is legal to build housing, it is only legal to build single-family homes.

From Voice of San Diego

Wilbourn, who left the housing authority in October 2019, declined interview requests from The Capital and ProPublica while she was leading the agency and after she departed.

From ProPublica

A federal Bureau of Prisons facility in downtown San Diego is the site of nearly 50 coronavirus cases as of late last week after a group of people in a single housing unit were infected with the virus.

From Voice of San Diego

Again, it would mean the city didn’t need to borrow a big chunk of money and would eventually own a building capable of housing hundreds of employees for decades.

From Voice of San Diego

Every person in the housing unit has now been tested, said Bureau of Prisons spokesman Justin Long in an e-mail.

From Voice of San Diego

They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.

From The Daily Beast

He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.

From The Daily Beast

He stopped at one point to ask someone directions to a particular housing development.

From The Daily Beast

Gurley was gunned down on Nov. 20, when a pair of cops was patrolling the rough housing project.

From The Daily Beast

They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.

From The Daily Beast

Large-scale housing is primarily for married people with growing families.

From Project Gutenberg

(ii) There are many similar housing settlements in New Zealand.

From Project Gutenberg

In quickly settled housing areas this community spirit has not yet had time to develop.

From Project Gutenberg

Housing the Imp, he quietly crossed the lawn to the window, avoiding any sound of footsteps on the gravelled paths.

From Project Gutenberg

But when I inquired there they informed me that they were housing no English duchess.

From Project Gutenberg