Definition of "housing"

present participle and gerund of house  examples

(uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.  examples

(uncountable) Residences, collectively.  examples

(countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.  examples

A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.  examples

An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.  examples

(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.  examples

A niche for a statue.  examples

(nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.  examples

(nautical) A houseline.  examples