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underhose

noun

Etymology

From under- + hose.

  1. derived from *(s)kewH-✻ — “to cover”
  2. inherited from *husǭ✻ — “coverings, leggings, trousers”
  3. inherited from *hosā✻
  4. inherited from hose
  5. inherited from hose — “leggings, hose”
  6. prefixed as underhose — “under + hose”

Definitions

  1. Hose worn underneath other clothing.

    • For the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was not the kind of pocket that Watt could pick. For it was no ordinary pocket, no, but a secret one, sewn on to the front of Erskine's underhose.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA