The Collaborative International Dictionary
Housel \Hou"sel\, n. [OE. housel, husel, AS. h[=u]sel; akin to
Icel. h[=u]sl, Goth. hunsl a sacrifice.]
The eucharist. [Archaic]
--Rom. of R.
--Tennyson.
Housel \Hou"sel\, v. t. [AS. h[=u]slian.]
To administer the eucharist to. [Archaic]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context archaic English) the Eucharist Etymology 2
vb. 1 (context transitive archaic English) To administer the Eucharist to. 2 (context transitive rare English) To prepare for a journey.
Usage examples of "housel".
Yet, ere the last string had twanged, he would be down on his four bones among the stricken, and have them all houseled and shriven, as quick as shelling peas.
So when he was houseled and aneled, and had all that a Christian man ought to have, he prayed the hermit that his fellows might bear his body to Joyous Garde.