noun
hose
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
In a sentence
Six example sentences with hose, each labelled with its topic.
Dancers pull on thick woollen hose before class and peel them off once their calves have warmed.
Fitness
Tudor gentlemen wore embroidered hose that cost more than a labourer earned in an entire year.
History
The mill's hose division shrank every year until the company sold the machines and switched entirely to sportswear.
Business
Malvolio struts onstage in yellow hose, cross-gartered, convinced the letter told him Olivia loved the look.
Literature
The costume department dyed forty pairs of hose by hand so the courtiers would match the painted backdrop.
Movies
In the portrait the young duke wears scarlet hose, and the painter has caught every wrinkle at the knee.
Art
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