houss
/haʊs/
houss noun: a covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth. Also the obsolete spelling of house.
Noun
houss (plural housses)
- A 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
- And where man ended, the continued vest,
Also used as
houss is also the obsolete spelling of house.
Forms of houss
| plural | housses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | housse |
| alternative form | house |
Origin of houss
French housse.
Words that rhyme with houss
Questions about houss
- What does houss mean?
- Houss means a covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.
- What part of speech is houss?
- Houss is a noun.
- How do you pronounce houss?
- Houss is pronounced /haʊs/.
- What is the plural of houss?
- The plural of houss is housses.
Words near houss in the dictionary
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