Home › Words › H › housshouss/haʊs/houss means A covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.houss is pronounced /haʊs/.EtymologyFrench housse.nounA covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.jhool 61% match — The saddlecloth, housings or trappings for an elephant, horse, or other domesticated animal. vs houss →saddlecloth 58% match — A blanket placed under a saddle, a saddle blanket. vs houss →haircloth 57% match — A coarse cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse, associated with furniture upholstery, and with uncomfortable clothing worn by people practising religious asceticism. vs houss →hauberk 57% match — A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. vs houss →haustement 57% match — A close-fitting undergarment, over which the armor (and hose) were fastened. vs houss →horseskin 56% match — The skin of a horse, or leather made therefrom. vs houss →chausse 55% match — Armor for the legs, usually made of mail, either covering the entire leg from foot to thigh, or variously covering only the thigh or only the calf and foot, with the chausson covering the other half of the leg. vs houss →shabrack 55% match — The saddlecloth of a cavalry horse. vs houss →