hosing

See also: Hosing

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From hose +‎ -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

hosing

  1. present participle and gerund of hose

Etymology 2

From hose +‎ -ing (gerund ending).

Noun

hosing (plural hosings)

  1. A spraying or washing with a hose.
    • 1989, “Paper Cuts”, performed by Nirvana:
      Newspapers spread around
      Soaking all that they can
      A cleaning is due again
      A good hosing down

Etymology 3

From Middle English hosinge, hosiinge, hosiynge, equivalent to hose +‎ -ing.

Noun

hosing

  1. (archaic) Material used for making hosiery.
    • 1850, Daniel Drake, A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America:
      Their hosing, also, in the middle and northern parts of the Valley, is quite insufficient; being generally of cotton or silk […]

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