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hose

UK/həʊz/ US/hoʊz/ fairly common slang
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery)

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2.

man''s garment of the 16th and 17th centuries; worn with a doublet

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3.

a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

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verb

1.

water with a hose

  • “hose the lawn”
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Origin

From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognate with West 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 at sky. The clothing senses were the original meaning, from which is derived the sense of a tube for fluids.

Phrases

  • air hose
  • garden hose
  • home and hosed
  • hose barb
  • hose bridge
  • hose clamp
  • hose clip
  • hose down
  • hose jacket
  • hose off
  • hose reel

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