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Definition of Housings
1. housing [n] - See also: housing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housings
Literary usage of Housings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Pinions and housings: The pinions are of the staggered tooth type •with three
... The pinion housings are cast iron, in one piece, and are bolted to the ..."
2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Pinions and housings: The pinions are of the staggered tooth type with three pods
... The pinion housings are cast iron, in one piece, and are bolted to the ..."
3. Boxes for the Protection of Books: Their Design and Constructionby Margaret R.. Brown by Margaret R.. Brown (1998)
"The housings have evolved over time, with many people contributing to their
development. The structures in use at the Library were inspired by the designs ..."
4. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"And broidered housings gay; on every breast Hung chains of gold; in golden robes
arrayed, They champed the red gold curb their teeth between. ..."
5. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"... of the numerous representations in the sculptures, omitting only their housings
and headdress, which may be readily understood in an Egyptian picture. ..."
6. Constantinople, Old and New by Harrison Griswold Dwight (1915)
"Behind that rode an official holding housings in the Sacred Caravan out on a red
satin cushion an ..."
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