hose

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a long flexible tube used to carry water, gas, or another fluid

   She connected the hose to the outdoor tap and watered the garden.

2. 2
   verb

   to spray, wash, or water something with a hose

   The workers hose the pavement clean at the end of each market day.

3. 3
   noun

   close-fitting coverings for the legs, or stockings collectively; historical

   The costume included a wool tunic and fitted hose.

From Old English hosa, 'leg covering or stocking,' a Germanic word related to German Hose, 'trousers.' The flexible-tube sense developed from the resemblance to a long, hollow stocking; the verb followed from use of that tube.

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