Hose

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 246

hOz, n. a covering for the legs or feet stockings socks a flexible pipe for conveying fluids, so called from its shape pi. Hose (B.) Hos'en.. (A.S. hos a; Dut. /wof, Ger. hose. HOBier h5'zhi-er, n. one who deals in hose, or stockings and socks, .