short-hosen.
1. A kind of stocking reaching only a short distance up the leg.
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 267/1 Schorte hose, chausse courte.
1880 J. Hay Pike County Ballads 61 Women that shorthose wore.
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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxii. f. cxliii Robert the eldest sone of kynge Wyllyam, The whiche was surnamed Curthose or Shorthose.
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