hosing

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊzɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊzɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ

From hose +‎ -ing (present participle ending).

hosing

1. present participle and gerund of hose

From hose +‎ -ing (gerund ending).

hosing (plural hosings)

1. A spraying or washing with a hose.
   • 1989, “Paper Cuts”, performed by Nirvana:

     Newspapers spread around
     Soaking all that they can
     A cleaning is due again
     A good hosing down

From Middle English hosinge, hosiinge, hosiynge, equivalent to hose +‎ -ing.

hosing

1. (archaic) Material used for making hosiery.
   • 1850, Daniel Drake, A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America:

     Their hosing, also, in the middle and northern parts of the Valley, is quite insufficient; being generally of cotton or silk […]

• Higson, hongis