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Webster 1913 Edition


Hose

Hose

(hōz)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Hose
, formerly
Hosen
(hō′z’n)
.
[AS.
hose
; akin to D.
hoos
, G.
hose
breeches, OHG.
hosa
, Icel.
hosa
stocking, gather, Dan.
hose
stocking; cf. Russ.
koshulia
a fur jacket.]
1.
Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.
These men were bound in their coats, their
hosen
, and their hats, and their other garments.
Dan. iii. 21.
His youthful
hose
, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank.
Shakespeare
2.
Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
3.
A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
Hose carriage
,
Hose cart
, or
Hose truck
,
a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
Hose company
,
a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires.
[U.S.]
Hose coupling
,
coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end.
Hose wrench
,
a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hose

HOSE

,
Noun.
plu.
hosen or hose; pron. hoze, ho'zn.
1.
Breeches or trowsers.
2.
Stockings; coverings for the legs. This word, in mercantile use, is synonymous with stockings,though originally a very different garment.
3.
A leathern pipe,used with fire-engines, for conveying water to extinguish fires.

Definition 2024


hōse

hōse

See also: hose, Hose, and hőse

Japanese

Romanization

hōse

  1. rōmaji reading of ほうせ