hose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
    hosiery.
  2. noun man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
  3. noun a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
    hosepipe.
  4. verb water with a hose
    hose down.
    • hose the lawn

WordNet

Hose noun
Etymology
AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.
Wordforms
plural Hose, formerly Hosen
Definitions
  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. Shak.
  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.

Webster 1913