hose

Meaning

Synonyms

flexible tube

flexible pipe

flexible conduit

rubber tube

metal hose

soft tube

hose tube

India-rubber hose

hose-handling frame

hose-pipe

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/həʊz/
Etymology

From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognates: Compare West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”). Compare Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.

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