† housal, a. Obs.
In 7 housall, -ell, houseall.
[app. irreg. f. house n.1 + -al1; but possibly worn down from household.]
Belonging to the house; domestic; domesticated; household-.
| 1611 Cotgr., Addomestiqué,..inward, familiar, housall. Ibid., Ichneumon,..the ægyptian Rat..vsually tamed, and made housall, by the people of ægypt. 1627 in E. D. Neill Virginia Carolorum (1886) 404 note, Goods moveable or housell stuffe or chattels. 1668 N. Riding Rec. VI. 126 Her goods and houseall stuff. |