Noah Webster
Hose
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.