Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hōse n. Also hoise, (early) hosa. Pl. hōsen, hossen, hausen & hōse, hosse & hōses. |
| Etymology | OE hosa, hose, hosu. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A legging or stocking of woven cloth or leather, with or without feet; -- often pl.; (b) a close-fitting garment resembling tights worn by men and boys, joined hose; clos hosen; (c) hosen and shon, stockings and shoes; leg and footwear as distinct from other clothing; paire (of) hosen, a pair of hose; parti hosen, parti-colored hose; (d) ~ cloth, a piece of cloth for making hose; ~ lether, leather for making hose.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)547/10 : Caliga, uel ocrea: hosa.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15216 : Ælc nome a long sax & læiden bi his sconke wið inne his hose.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)113b : Hosen wið ute vampez, ligge in hwa se likeð.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)19 : Fram þi girdil to þi hosse, Hit is wel vile þat commiþ vte.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1486 : In his hose next þe hide, Þe tong oway he bar.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.14.23 : Fro a þreed of þe wefte vnto a garter of a hose [L caligae], I schall not take of all þingez þat ben þin.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 12.8 : Do on thi hosis [WB(2); hoosis; L caligas].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.369 : Þey usede hiȝe schone unto þe kne, i-slitte to fore and i-laced wiþ þwonges, hire hosen [Higd.(2): hoose; L caligae] tilled to the hamme, i-teyed wiþ layners al aboute.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.456 : Hir hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed; Ful streite yteyd.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3319 : In hoses rede he wente fetisly.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3933 : A Sheffeld thwitel baar he in his hose.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4306 : It is as Hose above the Scho.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)157 : Hose of þat same grene Þat spenet on his sparlyr.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46b/b : Osula: a lytel hose.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1191 : There sall..no hose of my thee..or we it wyn.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2269 : Fra his hose, þat war of skynnes, Were anes done apon his shynnes.
- (1465) Paston (Gairdner)4.186 : I have not an hole hose for to doon.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)114 : Thair hausyn beth of lyke caunuas, and passyn not thair kne, wher fore thai beth gartered and ther theis bare.
- c1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.119 : Þe scherter þe hose, þe lynger lessys.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)65a : Hoyse: Caliga, Calicula.
- a1500(?1388) Syng I wold (Dub 516)p.275 : A strayth bende hath here hose..They may noght..curvare genu sine cura; Qwen oder men knelys..Thei stond at [vr. on] here helys..sua non curvare valentes [vr. volentes] For hortyng of here hosyn.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)29/225 : Take the ther a langett To tye vp thi hose!
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)393 : Hosys þey had vppon, but no schone; Barefote they were euerychone.
- a1500 Galawnt pride (RwlPoet 34)29 : Theyr hosyn of red, ful close þei be, With a whytte bulwerk abowtt þe kne.
b
- (1463-4) RParl.5.505b : Nor that eny of the same Servauntez nor Laborers..were eny close Hoses.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57421 : A peyre of close hosen for m. Edmond Gorge..and a peyr close hosen for lytelle Edmond.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)895 : Drawe on his sokkis & hosyn..þen trusse ye them vp strayte to his plesure.
- (c1475) Stonor1.153 : For Richard..a payr close hosyn of russet karyssey, price, xvj d.
- a1486 Knts.Bath in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)68 : They schall putte up on them dubletis wt blak hosis chasemles.
c
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)971 : He bouthe him boþe hosen and shon.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8013 : Is chamberlein him broȝte..a peire of hosen [vrr. hose, hoses] of say.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1941 : Al þy cloþes þou schalt of don..& eke þyn hosyn & þyn schon.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.53 : He ȝede meny ȝere wiþ oute hosen and schoon [L calciamentis carens].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)62b/a : Þe soles of þe feet beren al þe..weiȝte of þe body, & þerfore hem nediþ hosen & schoon.
- (1411) Will in Bk.Lond.E.216/19 : Y be-queþe to herry cole a blewe gownne and peyr of Rede hosyn.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)104/26 : Þat is to walke..aboute þe comune market bareheed in her schirt wiþouten hosen or schoon.
- (1419-20) Will in Bk.Lond.E.219/15 : A payr' hosen' of grene.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)103/52 : Al þi clathes þou do on þe, And hose and schose.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.177 : Nyle ȝe, he seiþ, bere sachil ne scrippe ne hosis ne shoon.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)39/14 : Þei don of bothe hosen & schoon or botes [F dechaucent].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)116a/a : Ne do one hose ne shone [L neque calciare].
- (1429) Will Braybroke in Ess.AST 5303 : I yeue an assigne an C li. to be distribute among my poure tenants. in clothyng, in lynnen clothes, in hosen and shoon.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)41/13 : Whanne the monkys come to the place, they don of hosyn and shon.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)1033 : Hast þou ben prowde..Of party hosen?
- (1451-2) Lin.DDoc.58/15 : To my broþer Hamond, a payre of blak hoses.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4932 : Fynde..my nece..clothyng and beddyng, hosyn and shoes, terme of hire life.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)70 : Hosen and schon wered he nowt.
- (1464) Acc.Howard in RC 57252 : Payd to Blakeman hosyer for a payr hosyn for my mastyr, iiij s. ij d.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)257/30 : His heires..in al ther lif shold yeve to hym j paire hosen..at Mighelmasse.
- (c1475) Stonor1.153 : A payre off hossen..a payr off hosse for the chyld off the stabull.
- a1486(a1460) Coron.Kings Eng.in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)55 : The same chambirleyne schall doo on the kyngis leggis a payre of hosyn tacchid togedir above the laces with oute shone.
- c1500 Lydg.SPuer(2) (Ashm 61)221 : Hose and schone to powle off, loke þou redy be.
d
- (a1450) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.12065 : For j dakyr of hose leddyr, viij d.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57320 : My mastyr paid for a hose clothe for mastres Ysbelle, xij d.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57422 : I payd..fore a hose klothe and the lynenge, fore my sone, ij s. v d.
- (1473) Paston (Gairdner)5.189 : I sende yow..an hoseclothe off blak.
- (1478) Paston (Gairdner)6.4 : I beseche yow to sende me a hose clothe, one for the halydays of sum colore.
2.
Pl. Armor for the lower legs, leg-guards, greaves; also, hose of chain mail; hosen of iren (maile, stele).
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21136 : His sconken he helede mid hosen of stele.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.590 : Gloues & gambisoun & hosen of mayle.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.594 : Hossen he hadde also wele y-wrouȝt: Oþer þan sp[l]entes was it nouȝt Fram his fot to his swere.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3851 : Hosen of iren he haþ on drawe.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)235 : Olyuer gan him schride; wiþ is hosen of mayle he by-gon.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)20b : Þe footmen þat were pauyseres..hadden hosen of stele on here riȝt legges.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)3862 : This hethen kyng..ys comen, armed wele Wyth hosyn of mayle made of stele Wele lasyd wyth fyne Sylke.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)3899 : On horsbake armed syttyth he In hosyn of mayle shape ryght wele, Lased wyth Sylk wyth polayn of steele.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)697 : A-noon brake the layners that he had bounden vp his hosen of stiell.
3.
Something resembling a stocking: (a) the sheath or husk of an ear of grain; (b) a flexible tube for conveying liquids, a hose; (c) a tubular snare; ~ net, a kind of fishing net.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)249b/a : Stipula is propreliche þat strawe wiþ leues and hosen [L vaginis] þat is ylefte in þe feelde after þat rypmen haue yrepen þe corn.
b
- (1339) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.120b : Et omnibus utensilibus ad dictam bracinam..videlicet..j hose cum tapstaf.
c
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)199 : Loke þat þou make of blak wolle an hose..in þe brode ende closed wyþynne þe ere..& þe smale towart þe mylke, þat þe worme renne in to þe wolle, & when hyt..wolde turne ageyn in to þe heed, he schal not entre, no more þen a fysche out of anette in to þe water.
- (1474-5) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.1143b : i hosenet pro recreatione Majoris, Aldermannorum..et aliorum concivium ad piscandum in riparia Domini Regis.
4.
In surnames.
Associated quotations
- (1199) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.10281 : Brianus Madehose.
- (1209) Pipe R.Winch41/6 : Galfridi Hose.
- (1249) Close R.Hen.III347 : Uxor Jacobi Hose.
- (1302) Pat.R.Edw.I45 : Peter Streythose.
- (1361) Doc.in HMC Var.Col.7370 : Domino Hugone Hose.
- (1433) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)464 : John Hose.
- (1439) Reg.Chanc.Oxf.in OHS 9345 : Agnes Bablake..alias Hosmender.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)3.22/25 : If þe tree haþ gone oute of..þe hose, with a percer reised put in þe soket be it drawen oute.
Note: New sense: Wallner gloss is 'socket'.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)186b/a : Þe sede of maluauiske & alkengi and liquirice and þe schelle oþer þe hose of akkornes.
Note: New sense
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: See slip regarding questionable gloss & etymon for hōse n., sense 3(b), "a flexible tube for conveying liquids, a hose" with only one quot.: "(1339) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.1 20b: Et omnibus utensilibus ad dictam bracinam..videlicet..j hose cum tapstaf."