HOSE, noun plural hosen or hose; pronoun hoze, ho'zn. 1. Breeches or trowsers. 2. Stockings; coverings for the legs. This word, in mercantile use, is synonymous with stockings, though originally a very different garment. 3. A leathern pipe, used with fire-engines, for conveying water to extinguish fires.
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