or House-Line, in nautical language, a small line formed of three fine strands or twists of hemp, smaller than rope-yarn. It is chiefly used to seize blocks into their stops, to bind the corners of the sails, or to fasten the bottom of a sail to its bolt-rope, and the like.

or Housee, a cover laid over the saddle of a horse, in order to save it from the weather, dirt, and the like. The word is formed from the French housse, which signifies the same thing, though it anciently denoted a kind of hood worn by country people.