page_title: Hose (clothing)
hierarchical_section_title: Hose (clothing)
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail from Francesco del Cossa, Triumph of May, Ferrara, about 1470. Particolored hose. Image from Men's Clothing in 15th Century Florence, http://www.florentine-persona.com/menflorence.html.
context_page_description: Hose are any of various styles of men's clothing for the legs and lower body, worn from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, when the style fell out of use in favour of breeches and stockings. The old plural form of "hose" was hosen. In German these terms remained in use and are the generic terms for trousers today. The French equivalent was chausses.
context_section_description: Hose are any of various styles of men's clothing for the legs and lower body, worn from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, when the style fell out of use in favour of breeches and stockings. (See also trousers.) The old plural form of "hose" was hosen. In German these terms (Hose, singular, and Hosen, plural) remained in use and are the generic terms for trousers today. The French equivalent was chausses.
caption: Florentine particolored hose, c. 1470
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