(1):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of House

(2):

(n.) That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.

(3):

(n.) A houseline. See Houseline.

(4):

(n.) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck of a ship when laid up.

(5):

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

(6):

(n.) An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.

(7):

(n.) A niche for a statue.

(8):

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

(9):

(n.) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber in the side of another.

(10):

(n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.

(11):

(n.) A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.