hose
/hoʊz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.73 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "His youthful hoſe, vvell ſaved, a vvorld too vvide / For his ſhrunk ſhank, […]"
- "[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."
- "Only days before the garden opens, the concrete is hosed down with a high-pressure jet and scrubbed."
- "His guns hosed down the vessel's decks, sweeping them clear of sailors, blowing holes in the bulkheads, and smashing gun positions."
- "He had just finished hosing gasoline into his tank, a short man, burly, needing a shave, and wearing greasy coveralls."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der. Proto-Germanic *husǭ Proto-West Germanic *hosā Old English hose Middle English hose English hose 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: hose, *hosā, *husǭ, *(s)kewH-, -, hās
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hoʊz/
- British English: /həʊz/