hosed, a.
(həʊzd)
[f. hose v. or n. + -ed.]
1. Provided with hose; wearing hose.
| a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xxxix. 111 Hupe forth, Hubert, hosede pye. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. (1510) s j b/2 With a swerde gyrde aboute hym, & hosyd and sporyd. 1565–73 Cooper Thesaurus, Caligatus, hoased. 1825 Scott Betrothed x, The scarlet-hosed Gillian. |
2. Of a horse: Having the lower parts of the legs covered with white hair so as to present the appearance of wearing white stockings.
| 1720 W. Gibson Diet. Horses i. (ed. 3) 5 When the White..happens to be on all the four feet, or only before, or behind, rising pretty high, the Horse is then said to be hosed. 1737 Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 5 When a Horse is what we call hosed, it is a Sign he is of a washy Constitution. |
3. Inclosed in a sheath or glume.
| 1656 W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §91. 31 Corn bringeth grains; that which is eared, in ears; the hosed in hosen; the codded in codds. |