Feminine

housse

Meaning

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

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/us/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French houce, from Old French hulce, from Frankish *hulftijā, probably related to the verb *hulljan (“to cover”), cognate with Old High German hulft (“blanket, saddlecloth”).

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