HOSE, n. plu. hosen or hose; pron. 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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