hose
noun
[ həʊz ]
• a flexible tube conveying water, used chiefly for watering plants and in firefighting.
• "a sprinkler hose"
Similar:
pipe,
piping,
tube,
tubing,
conduit,
channel,
line,
duct,
outlet,
pipeline,
siphon,
• stockings, socks, and tights (especially in commercial use).
• "her hose had been laddered"
hose
verb
• water or spray with a hose.
• "he was hosing down the driveway"
Origin:
Old English hosa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoos ‘stocking, water hose’ and German Hosen ‘trousers’. Originally singular, the term denoted a covering for the leg, sometimes including the foot but sometimes reaching only to the ankle.
