hose
Middle English
/ˈhɔːz(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Stockings or tights often worn by men in the ME period.
- (in plural) pants, trousers; hose.
- Armour or protection for the legs; armoured legwear.
- (rare) The bendable outer casing of grains.
- (rare) A bendable tube for liquids; a hose.
- (rare) A bendable tube acting as a trap.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English huse inherited from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (leggings, trousers, shell, coverings, husk).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*husǭ
Gloss
leggings, trousers, shell, coverings, husk
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- air hose English
- boothose English
- fire hose English
- hosaphone English
- hose English
- hosebag English
- hosebeast English
- hoseless English
- hoselike English
- hoseline English
- hoseman English
- hosemonkey English
- hosen English
- hosepipe English
- hoser English
- hosier English
- hosiery English
- hosing English
- netherhose English
- pantyhose English
- trunkhose English
- Badehose German
- Hose German
- Hosenbein German
- Hosenbund German
- Hosengürtel German
- Hosentasche German
- Höschen German
- Jogginghose German
- Latzhose German
- Lederhose German
- Leinenhose German
- Pluderhose German
- Schwimmhose German
- Strumpfhose German
- Unterhose German
- Windhose German
- *(s)kew- Proto-Indo-European
- *husǭ Proto-Germanic
- hosan Old English
- hose Old English
- huse Old English
- hoose Middle English
- hosen Middle English
- hosyer Middle English
- hosynge Middle English
- hosa Old Norse
- hoso Esperanto
- hosa Old High German
- hose Middle High German
- *hosā gmw-pro
- *hosa Old Dutch
- hôse Middle Low German
- *hosā Frankish