houseling, housling

& 8. [Eng. housel; -ing .] A. As adjective : 1. Of or pertaining to the Eucharist; sacramental. 2. Of or pertaining to any of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. B. As subst.: The act of giving or receiving the Eucharist; the Eucharist. ( Warner : Albion's England, bk. v., ch. xxiii.) houseling-cloth, housling-cloth, 8. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cloth spread over the rails before the altar at communion.