houss

English

Etymology 1

French housse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʊs/
• Rhymes: -aʊs

Noun

houss (plural housses)

1. (obsolete) A covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.
   • 1717, John Dryden, “Book XII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     And where man ended, the continued vest,
     Spread on his back, the houss and trappings of a beast.

Alternative forms

• housse, house

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haʊs/
• Rhymes: -aʊs

Noun

houss

1. Obsolete spelling of house (“abode”).

Further reading

• “houss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “houss”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• husos