HOUSING

I. noun Date: 14th century 1. shelter , lodging , dwellings provided for people, 2. a niche for a sculpture, the space taken out of a structural member (as a timber) to admit the insertion of part of another, something that covers or protects: as, a case or enclosure (as for a mechanical part or an instrument), a casing (as an enclosed bearing) in which a shaft revolves, a support (as a frame) for mechanical parts, II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from house ~ (from Anglo-French huce, houce, of Germanic origin) + -ing; akin to Middle High German hulft covering Date: 15th century caparison 1