hosen

1. (poetic, historical, archaic) plural of hose (the old-fashioned garment; stockings)Examples: "These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments."; "And I hoped that in youth the good path may be chosen By each little man who may chance wear these hosen."; "It has crept up the leg and become hose, and it is made no longer of leather but of cloth. Gradually these hosen became longer and longer, until they joined at the top into one garment, which betrayed its dual origin by keeping the plural [...]"archaicform-ofhistoricalpluralpoetic