huese

Old French

Alternative forms

• hose, house

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hosae (“pants; gaiters”), from Frankish *hosa (“covering; hose”), from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“shell”).

Noun

huese oblique singular, f (oblique plural hueses, nominative singular huese, nominative plural hueses)

1. boot (shoe)

Derived terms

• housel

Descendants

• Middle French: heuse
• → Middle English: house, houce