different between hosen vs hoses

English

Etymology

From Middle English hosen, from Old English hosan (“hosen, leggings, trousers”), plural of hosa (“hose, legging, stocking”); reinforced by German Hosen (“trousers, pants”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??z?n

Noun

hosen

1. (poetic, historical, archaic) plural of hose (the old-fashioned garment; stockings)

   • These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments.

   • 1877, Golden Hours:

     And I hoped that in youth the good path may be chosen By each little man who may chance wear these hosen.
2. Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants.
   • 1857, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:

     At the court of the Kaiser I born was and bred ; and there my hosen and jerkin were made ; […]

   • 2005, Adam McCune, Keith McCune, The Rats of Hamelin:

     The invisible cord ... I followed him down a narrow path with a rippling lake of grain on each side, wheat stalks brushing my hosen.

   • 2009, The Old Testament Made Easier:

     Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen [pants, trousers], and their hats, and their other garments, […]

Anagrams

• hones, shone

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hose +? -en (“infinitival suffix”).

Alternative forms

• hose, hosun, hosone, hosyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??z?n/

Verb

hosen

1. To equip with hose or leggings.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: hose
• Scots: hose

References

• “h?sen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

Etymology 2

From Old English hosan, from Proto-Germanic *hus?niz; equivalent to hose +? -en (“plural suffix”).

Noun

hosen

1. plural of hose

Descendants

• English: hosen

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??z?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ho?z?z/

Noun

hoses

1. plural of hose

Verb

hoses

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hose

Anagrams

• Shoes, shoes

Middle English

Noun

hoses

1. plural of hose