Hose
[həʊz] or [hoz]
Definition
(noun.) a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas.
(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.
(verb.) water with a hose; 'hose the lawn'.
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Definition
(pl. ) of Hose
(n.) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.
(n.) Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
(n.) 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.
Typed by Andy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Stockings.
Editor: Vito
Definition
n. a covering for the legs or feet: stockings: socks: a flexible pipe for conveying water so called from its shape:—pl. Hose; (B.) Hos′en.—ns. Hose′man one who directs the stream of water from the hose of a fire-engine; Hose′pipe; Hose′-reel a large revolving drum or reel for carrying hose for fire-engines &c.; Hō′sier one who deals in hose or stockings and socks &c.; Hō′siery hose in general.
Checker: Wade
Unserious Contents or Definition
Man's excuse for wetting the walk.
Typist: Serena
Examples
- He wore a tunic with a silver border, and gartered hose. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She hated needle-drudgery herself, and she would bring her hose, &c. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Water issues in a narrow jet similar to that of the ordinary garden hose and strikes with great force against the lower part of the wheel, thereby causing rotation of the wheel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Rising a little later his bare feet find a comfortable footing on a machine-made rug, until thrust into full fashioned hose, and ensconced in a pair of machine-sewed slippers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This air passing through a train pipe connected by hose couplings between cars charges an auxiliary reservoir under each car. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The machine also acts as a hose cart and carries a full complement of firemen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The screw was worked up and down in a box, called a hose, and the board on which the type were set for the printing was actually a sort of sliding table. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Vlad