housse

Inherited from Old French huis.

• IPA^(key): /us/

housse

1. (Troyen) get back
2. get out

• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[1] (in French), Troyes

Inherited from Middle French houce, from Old French hulce, from Vulgar Latin *hultia, from Frankish *hulfti, probably related to the verb *hulljan (“to cover”). Cognate with Old High German hulft (“blanket, saddlecloth”), Middle Low German hulfte, holfte (“sheath for a weapon, saddle holster, quiver”).

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /us/

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housse f (plural housses)

1. slipcover; dust cover
2. blanket, attached to the saddle, which covers a horse's croup

• housse de couette
• housse mortuaire

• “housse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Old French hous, hos, houlx (“holly”), from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).

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housse m (plural housses)

1. (Jersey) holly