1 Snow was sifting over the ridge of the Howland house like sprays of water from a hose.
2 Ten times a night they talked of going out to soak themselves with the hose and wade through the dew, but they were too listless to take the trouble.
3 The hose was cool to his hands.
4 There were some with hose which threw jets of boiling water upon it, and others who removed the feet and added the final touches.
5 While he spoke thus, he stript off his gown, and appeared in a close black buckram doublet and drawers, over which he speedily did on a cassock of green, and hose of the same colour.
6 So saying, he accommodated the friar with his assistance in tying the endless number of points, as the laces which attached the hose to the doublet were then termed.
7 I have watched her wandering through the forest of Arden, disguised as a pretty boy in hose and doublet and dainty cap.
8 She wore a moss-coloured velvet jerkin with cinnamon sleeves, slim, brown, cross-gartered hose, a dainty little green cap with a hawk's feather caught in a jewel, and a hooded cloak lined with dull red.
9 He was dressed in a doublet and hose of a violet color, with aiguillettes of the same color, without any other ornaments than the customary slashes, through which the shirt appeared.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER 10 This doublet and hose, though new, were creased, like traveling clothes for a long time packed in a portmanteau.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER 11 The German gentlemen embroider, I know, but darning hose is another thing and not so pretty.