man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
"The knight donned his padded hose before stepping onto the battlefield."
A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
"The firefighter connected a long hose to the hydrant to douse the burning building."
In plain English: A hose is a long, flexible tube used to carry water from a source to where it's needed.
"The broken hose was leaking water all over the driveway."
Usage: As a noun, the word refers to a long, flexible rubber or plastic pipe used to carry water from a spigot to a garden area. When using it as a verb, remember that "hose" means to wash something by spraying it with this tube of water.
To water or spray with a hose.
"The gardener used a long hose to thoroughly water the dry flowers in her backyard."
In plain English: To hose something means to wash it by spraying water on it with a garden hose.
"We need to hose down the driveway after the barbecue."
A surname.
"Mr. Hose attended the family reunion wearing his old blue sweater."
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"). Cognate with West Frisian hoas ("hose"), Dutch hoos ("stocking, water-hose"), German Hose ("trousers"); also, Tocharian A kać ("skin"), Russian кишка́ (kišká, "gut"), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, "bladder"), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, "intestine"). More at sky.