# hose
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /həʊz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /hoʊz/
* Rhymes: -əʊz
* Homophone: hoes

### Noun

hose (countable and uncountable, plural hoses or hosen)
* (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
* (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
* (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, their hoſen, 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”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:His youthful hoſe, vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank, […]
** 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto First. The Castle.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza VIII, page 30:[T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / In hosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest.

#### Usage notes

* (garment covering legs) Formerly a male garment covering the lower body, with the upper body covered by a doublet. By the 16th century hose had separated into two garments, stocken and breeches. Since the 1920s, hose refers mostly to women's stockings or pantyhose.

#### Derived terms

* air hose
* garden hose
* hose barb
* hose bridge
* hose clamp
* hose clip
* hose jacket
* hose reel, hosereel
* hose tower
* hose-whip
* panty hose
* powder hose
* radiator hose
* rubber-hose
* rubber-hose cryptanalysis
* scupper hose
* short hose
* trash hose
* up your nose with a rubber hose
* warm hose

#### Translations
### Verb

hose (third-person singular simple present hoses, present participle hosing, simple past and past participle hosed)
* (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
** 1995, Vivian Russell, Monet's Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny‎, →ISBN, page 83:Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed 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, Brassey's, →ISBN, page 136:His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions.
* (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
** 2003, Tony Hillerman, The Sinister Pig, →ISBN, page 57:He had just finished hosing 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”, in Fraser's magazine for town and country‎, volume X, page 416:The mighty mass of many a mingled race, Who dwell in towns where he pursued the chase; The men degenerate shirted, cloaked, and hosed- Nose and eyes only to the day exposed
* (transitive) To trick or deceive.
** 1995, Keath Fraser, Popular anatomy‎, The Porcupine's Quill, →ISBN, page 458:Bartlett elaborated on what had happened at the warehouse, saying he thought Chandar was supposed to have advised, not hosed him.
** 2023 September 7, Adam Chandler, “Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald's”, in Slate‎, archived from the original on 9 September 2023:Poutine? A better McMuffin? A bigger Big Mac?? We've been hosed.
* (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”, in Maximum PC‎, Future US, Inc., →ISSN, page 63:There aren't any tricky hexadecimal calculations to snare your brain, nor is there a need to worry about hosing the registry for all eternity.
* (transitive, sports) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.

#### Derived terms

* hose down
* home and hosed
* hose off

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Esho, shoe, Hoes, HEOs, Heos, hoes, Shoe

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hose, hosa, hosu, from Proto-West Germanic *hosā. Compare German Hose.

#### Alternative forms

* hoyse, hosa, hoose (all rare)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɔːz(ə)/, /ˈhɒːz(ə)/

#### Noun

hose (plural hosen or hose or (rare) hoses)
* Stockings or tights (often worn by men in the ME period).
* (in the plural) pants, trousers; hose.
* Armour or protection for the legs; armoured legwear.
* (rare) The bendable outer casing of grains.
* (rare) A bendable tube for liquids; a hose.
* (rare) A bendable tube acting as a trap.

##### Related terms

* hosen
* hosyer
* hosynge
* taphose (possibly)

##### Descendants

* English: hose
* Scots: hose, hoe

##### References

* “hōse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

### Etymology 2

From hose (noun).

#### Verb

hose
* Alternative form of hosen

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

hose
* Alternative form of hos (“hoarse”)

### Etymology 4
#### Adjective

hose
* inflection of hos (“hoarse”):
** weak singular
** strong/weak plural

### Etymology 5
#### Pronoun

hose
* Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* hosso (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Old Norse hosa, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ.

### Noun

hose f (definite singular hosa, indefinite plural hoser, definite plural hosene)
* (clothing) stocking
* (clothing)(dialectal) a sock

#### Derived terms

* hoselest

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* hosa, hosu

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hosā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxo.se/, [ˈho.ze]

### Noun

hose f
* pant leg, stocking
* (in the plural) pants, trousers; see hosan

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Synonyms

* brōc

#### Derived terms

* leþerhose

#### Descendants

* Middle English: hose, hoyse, hosa, hoose (all rare)
** English: hose
** Scots: hose, hoe