1. [verb] Present participle of house
2. [noun] (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
3. [noun] (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
4. [noun] (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
5. [noun] A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
6. [noun] An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
7. [noun] (architecture) The 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.
8. [noun] A niche for a statue.
9. [noun] (nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
10. [noun] (nautical) A houseline.
11. [noun] Structures collectively in which people are housed.
12. [noun] A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component.
13. [noun] Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse.
