Hose — meaning in English

English meaning

• breech noun The back part of a gun barrel, where the ammunition is loaded, behind the firing chamber.
• pants noun An outer garment covering the body from the waist down, with separate legs; trousers.

Senses

Hose is used for these senses in English:

• breech (historical, now only, _, in the plural, or, attributive) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]
• pants (chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

breech — full definition

1. noun The back part of a gun barrel, where the ammunition is loaded, behind the firing chamber.
2. noun Used to describe a baby positioned to be born bottom- or feet-first instead of head-first.

pants — full definition

1. noun An outer garment covering the body from the waist down, with separate legs; trousers.
2. noun An undergarment covering the lower body; underpants.
3. adj Informal British slang for something of poor quality or disappointing.

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