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short hose

short hose noun: the stockings of the Highland dress, reaching to the knee, as opposed to the long hose formerly worn by Englishmen.

Noun

short hose (uncountable)

  1. The stockings of the Highland dress, reaching to the knee, as opposed to the long hose formerly worn by Englishmen.

Questions about short hose

What does short hose mean?
Short hose means the stockings of the Highland dress, reaching to the knee, as opposed to the long hose formerly worn by Englishmen.
What part of speech is short hose?
Short hose is a noun.

Words near short hose in the dictionary

  1. short heads
  2. Short Heath
  3. Short Hills
  4. short hop
  5. short hops
  6. short hose
  7. short hundred
  8. short hundreds
  9. short i
  10. short i's
  11. short illative

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