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1.nounThe activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
2.nounResidences, collectively."She lives in low-income housing."
3.nounA mechanical component's container or covering."The gears were grinding against their housing."
4.nounA cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
5.nounAn appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
6.nounThe space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
7.nounA niche for a statue.
8.nounThat portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
9.nounA houseline.