verb transitiveWord forms: hoised or hoist, ˈhoising
Obsolete
hoist
Word origin
Early ModE phonetic sp. of earlier hyce < Du hijschen < or akin to LowG hissen: of naut. orig.
hoise in American English
(hɔiz)
transitive verbWord forms: hoised or hoist, hoising
archaic
to hoist
Word origin
[1500–10; cf. earlier hissa a cry used in hauling, and huzza]This word is first recorded in the period 1500–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: arsenal, fumble, intelligent, investigate, lowland