housing


2housing

noun

Definition of HOUSING

: caparison 1

Origin of HOUSING

Middle English, from house housing (from Anglo-French huce, houce, of Germanic origin) + -ing; akin to Middle High German hulft covering
First Known Use: 15th century

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