hosiere
Middle English
Alternative forms
- hoser, hosier, hosuar, hosyer, hosyere
- hosyrer (Catholicon Anglicum); hosior (Norfolk); hoseare, hoseȝere, hosiare (Promptorium Parvulorum)
Etymology
From hose (“stockings”) + -iere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔ̞ːziər(ə)/, /ˈhɔ̞ːzjər(ə)/, /ˈhɔ̞ːzər(ə)/
Noun
hosiere (plural hosieres)
Descendants
- English: hosier
References
- “hōsier, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2019.