houss

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/haʊs/

noun

A covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.

OriginFrench housse →
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Meanings

houss1

nounhouss (plural housses)

plural housses · alternative housse · alternative house

  1. obsoleteA covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.

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

    1717, John Dryden, “Book XII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

houss2

noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of house (“abode”).

Origin

  1. Frenchhousse
  2. Englishhouss

French housse.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with houss

housemousespouselaosnousblousetaosrousegrousescouseManauslouseespousedousedormousegasthausdegausschiaussouseunblouse
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Anagrams

Sohus
Cite this entry
APA

houss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houss

MLA

“houss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houss. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “houss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houss.

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