trunk hose

trunk hose

noun pl \ˈtrəŋk-\

Definition of TRUNK HOSE

: short full breeches reaching about halfway down the thigh that were worn chiefly in the late 16th and early 17th centuries

Origin of TRUNK HOSE

probably from obsolete English trunk to truncate

First Known Use: 1618

Rhymes with TRUNK HOSE

appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, depose, dextrose, disclose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, moss rose, musk rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, rockrose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose, wind rose