A US naval officer using afire hose FromMiddle English hose ( “ leggings, hose ” ) , fromOld English hose ,hosa ( “ hose, leggings ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *hosā , fromProto-Germanic *husǭ ( “ coverings, leggings, trousers ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- ( “ to cover ” ) .
Cognate withWest Frisian hoas ( “ hose ” ) ,Dutch hoos ( “ stocking, water-hose ” ) ,German Hose ( “ trousers ” ) ; also,Tocharian A kać ( “ skin ” ) ,Russian кишка́ ( kišká ,“ gut ” ) ,Ancient Greek κύστις ( kústis ,“ bladder ” ) ,Sanskrit कोष्ठ ( koṣṭha ,“ intestine ” ) . More atsky .
hose (countable anduncountable ,plural hoses or hosen )
( countable ) Aflexible tube conveying water or other fluid.Hyponyms: garden hose ,fire hose ,radiator hose ,air hose ,rubber hose ( uncountable ) Astocking -like garment worn on the legs;pantyhose , women'stights .( historical ) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.1611 ,The Holy Bible, [ … ] (King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] ,→OCLC ,Daniel 3:21 :Theſe men were bound in their coates, theirhoſen , and their hats, and their other garments, and were caſt into the midſt of the burning fierie furnace.
c. 1598–1600 (date written) ,William Shakespeare , “As You Like It ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act II, scene vii] :His youthfulhoſe , vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank,[ …]
1808 February 22,Walter Scott , “Canto First. The Castle.”, inMarmion; a Tale of Flodden Field , Edinburgh: [ … ] J[ ames] Ballantyne and Co. forArchibald Constable and Company , [ … ] ; London:William Miller , andJohn Murray ,→OCLC , stanza VIII,page30 :[T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / Inhosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest.
(garment covering legs ) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by adoublet . By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments,stocken andbreeches . Since the 1920s, hose refers mostly to women'sstockings orpantyhose . flexible tube
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stocking-like garment
—see tights hose (third-person singular simple present hoses ,present participle hosing ,simple past and past participle hosed )
( transitive ) Towater orspray with a hose.1995 , Vivian Russell,Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny [1] ,→ISBN , page83 :Only days before the garden opens, the concrete ishosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed.
( transitive ) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.2003 , John R. Bruning,Jungle ace [2] , Brassey's,→ISBN , page136 :His gunshosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.
( transitive ) Todeliver using a hose.2003 , Tony Hillerman,The Sinister Pig ,→ISBN , page57 :He had just finishedhosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls.
( transitive ) To provide with hose( garment ) 1834 July to December, Pierce Pungent, “Men and Manners”, inFraser's magazine for town and country [3] , volume X, page416 :The mighty mass of many a mingled race, Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase; The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, andhosed - Nose and eyes only to the day exposed
( transitive ) To trick or deceive.1995 , Keath Fraser,Popular anatomy [4] , The Porcupine's Quill,→ISBN , page458 :Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, nothosed him.
2023 September 7, Adam Chandler, “Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald's”, inSlate [5] , archived fromthe original on9 September 2023 :Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've beenhosed .
( transitive , computing , slang ) To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.2006 Spring, Joel Durham Jr., “Pimp Out Win XP with TweakUI”, inMaximum PC [6] , Future US, Inc.,→ISSN , page63 :There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry abouthosing the registry for all eternity.
( transitive , sports ) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poorofficiating ; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.to water or spray with a hose
to attack and kill somebody
FromOld English hose ,hosa ,hosu , fromProto-West Germanic *hosā . CompareGerman Hose .
hose (plural hosen or hose or ( rare ) hoses )
Stockings ortights ( often worn by men in the ME period ) .( in theplural ) pants ,trousers ;hose .Armour orprotection for the legs; armouredlegwear .( rare ) Thebendable outercasing of grains.( rare ) Abendable tube for liquids; ahose .( rare ) Abendable tube acting as atrap .hose
alternative form ofhosen hose
alternative form ofhos ( “ hoarse ” ) hose
inflection ofhos ( “ hoarse ” ) : weak singular strong / weak plural hose
alternative form ofwhos ( “ whose ” ,genitive ) FromOld Norse hosa , fromProto-Germanic *husǭ .
hose f (definite singular hosa ,indefinite plural hoser ,definite plural hosene )
( clothing ) stocking ( clothing ) ( dialectal ) asock FromProto-West Germanic *hosā .
hose f
pant leg ,stocking ( in theplural ) pants ,trousers ; seehosan Weakn -stem: