housing

/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/

verb

1
To keep within a structure or container.
“The car is housed in the garage.”
2
To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
3
To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
4
To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
5
To contain or cover mechanical parts.
6
To drive to a shelter.
7
To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
8
To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
“to house the upper spars”
9
To eat.

1
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
2
Residences, collectively.
“She lives in low-income housing.”
3
A mechanical component's container or covering.
“The gears were grinding against their housing.”
4
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
5
An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
6
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.
7
A niche for a statue.
8
That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
9
A houseline.

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