Hosiery Definition

hōzhə-rē
noun
Hose; stockings and socks.
Webster's New World
Hose and knitted or woven underwear.
Webster's New World

The business of a hosier.

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Origin of Hosiery

  • hosier maker of stockings (from Middle English) (from hose a stocking hose) –y

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • hosier + -y

    From Wiktionary

Hosiery Sentence Examples

  • The spinning and weaving of cotton and the manufacture of hosiery, of both of which Troyes is the centre, are the main industries of the department; there are also a large number of distilleries, tanneries, oil works, tile and brick works, flour-mills, saw-mills and dyeworks.

  • The town has manufactures of tobacco, cloth and hosiery.

  • Large hosiery works employ many of the inhabitants,, and collieries are worked in the parish.

  • Formerly there had been in the town of Midhurst a small manufacture of hosiery with which the Cobdens were connected, though all trace of it had disappeared before the birth of Richard.

  • Among manufactures are foundry and machine-shop products, powder, stoves, furniture, hosiery, &c. The borough owns the water-works.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOS

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YRYERY

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Words Starting With H and Ending With Y

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With H7 Letter Words Ending With Y