Definition of "hose" []

• Stockings; socks. Used only in the plural. (noun)
• Close-fitting breeches or leggings reaching up to the hips and fastened to a doublet, formerly worn by men. Used only in the plural. (noun)
• Breeches reaching down to the knees. Used only in the plural. (noun)
• A flexible tube for conveying liquids or gases under pressure. (noun)
• To water, drench, or wash with a hose: hosed down the deck; hosed off the dog. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If you fast-forward to something like the Death Knight starting experience, our story-telling team has really mastered or refined the art of delivering the story as first-hand gameplay rather than spraying you with the word hose, which is what we did in the past."
• "They fell into a tub of cold water on the other side of the machine, which was filled with a hose from the well or the lake."
• "This hedgehog with its green leather hose comes from the quality Waldfreunde collection and were directly imported from Germany."