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hosings

UK/ˈhəʊzɪŋz/US/ˈhoʊzɪŋz/

hosings is the plural of hosing.

Meaning of hosing

Noun (1)

hosing (plural hosings)

  1. A spraying or washing with a hose.
    • Newspapers spread around
      Soaking all that they can
      A cleaning is due again
      A good hosing down1989, “Paper Cuts”, performed by Nirvana

Noun (2)

hosing

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

Questions about hosings

What is hosings the plural of?
Hosings is the plural of hosing.
How do you pronounce hosings?
Hosings is pronounced /ˈhəʊzɪŋz/ (UK).

Words near hosings in the dictionary

  1. hosiers
  2. hosiery
  3. hosing
  4. hosing down
  5. hosing off
  6. hosings
  7. hosiomartyr
  8. hosiomartyrs
  9. Hoskie
  10. Hoskin
  11. Hosking

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