HOSE

hose, hosepipe

(noun) a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

hose

(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

hosiery, hose

(noun) socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

hose, hose down

(verb) water with a hose; “hose the lawn”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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.

(obsolete) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.

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

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.

(transitive) To deliver using a hose.

(transitive) To provide with hose (garment)

(transitive) To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.

(transitive) To trick or deceive.

(transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.

(transitive, sport) 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.

Anagrams

• HEOs, Heos, Shoe, hoes, shoe

Source: Wiktionary

Hose, n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen. Etym: [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. 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. Hose carriage, cart, or 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition