Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Houss"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Houss \Houss\, n. [F. housse, LL. hulcia, fr. OHG. hulst; akin
to E. holster. See {Holster}, and cf. 2d {Housing}.]
A saddlecloth; a housing. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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