单词 | hosed |
释义 | hosedadj. 1. Provided with hose; wearing hose. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing hose i-hosedc1275 hoseda1350 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 70 Hupe forþ, Hubert, hosede pye. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. (1510) s j b/2 With a swerde gyrde aboute hym, & hosyd and sporyd. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Caligatus, hoased. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed x, in Tales Crusaders I. 188 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > of the legs hosedc1721 stilty1826 c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses i. 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. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 5 When a Horse is what we call hosed, it is a Sign he is of a washy Constitution. 3. Enclosed in a sheath or glume. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > within bract or sheath hosed1656 intravaginal1850 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xii. §91 Corn bringeth Grains; that which is eared, in ears; the hosed in hosen; the codded in codds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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