(hou′zing) noun
1. The act of providing with a house or shelter.
2. The act of bringing into a house, or putting under cover.
3. Shelter from the weather.
4. Mech. a A hollow made in one member of an engine or machine to receive a portion of another member, b That part of a frame of a machine which sustains a journal box; a jaw. c The casing containing either the differential gear or a set of ball bearings in the transmission of an automobile.
5. A niche for a statue.
6. Naut. a A houseline. b A hoarding to protect a ship's deck when in repair dock. c That part of a mast or bowsprit below the deck or abaft the knightheads.
7. A mortise in a timber, for receiving the end of another timber.

(hou′zing) noun
The ornamental trappings of a horse, especially the saddlecloth: usually in the plural. See synonyms under CAPARISON. [<OF houce; of uncertain origin]