King James Bible

HOSE, noun plural hosen or hose; pronoun 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.