Hōse, n.

n.; pl. HŌSE (hōz), formerly HŌ'SEN (hō'zn). [A-S. & M. & N. H. Ger. hose, hose, O. H. Ger. hosō, Icel. hosa, Dan. hose, stocking, boot, L. Lat. hosa, osa; whence O. Fr. hose, W. hos, It. osa, O. Pg. osa, O. Sp. huesa.] 1. Covering for the legs; close-fitting trowsers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. *His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrank shanks.* Shak.

2. Covering for the lower part of the legs, including the feet; stockings.
3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, or various other materials, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, as to extinguish fires, &c.
4. (Printing-presses.) A case connected by hooks with the platen, for guiding it in a horizontal position, and lifting it from the form.

Hose hooks (Printing-presses), four iron hooks at the bottom corners of the hose, to which the platen is tied.