housse.
slipcover; dust cover
Meaning & usage
slipcover; dust cover
blanket, attached to the saddle, which covers a horse's croup
Where this word comes from
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”).
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