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Webster 1913 Edition


Houss

Houss

,
Noun.
[F.
housse
, LL.
hulcia
, fr. OHG.
hulst
; akin to E.
holster
. See
Holster
, and cf. 2d
Housing
.]
A saddlecloth; a housing.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Houss

HOUSS

, a covering. [See Housing.]

Definition 2024


houss

houss

English

Noun

houss (plural housses)

  1. (obsolete) A saddlecloth; a housing.
    • Dryden
      And where man ended, the continued vest, / Spread on his back, the houss and trappings of a beast.
  2. Obsolete form of house.