Of Brugges were his hosen broun, His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Iane.
Hir hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed, Ful streite y-teyd, and shoos ful moiste and newe.
If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon, Every nighte and alle; Sit thee down, and put them on; And Christe receive thye saule.
If hosenand shoon thou ne'er gavest nane, Every nighte and alle; The whinnes shall pricke thee to the bare bane, And Christe receive thye saule.
The rough farmer in hodden gray had disappeared, and in his place stood a stalwart and handsome young gentleman in green slashed doublet and hosen of soft cream cloth.
At first the little man in black doublet and hosen was inclined to be moody and taciturn; the public whipping, apparently, had seared his kindly and humane temperament.
As regards the maid, too, it is true that I did heft her over the stream, she having on her hosen and shoon, whilst I had but my wooden sandals, which could take no hurt from the water.
His cote-hardie, or tunic, and trunk-hosen were of a purple plum color, with long weepers which hung from either sleeve to below his knees.
Of the riders one was young, graceful, and fair, clad in plain doublet and hosen of blue Brussels cloth, which served to show his active and well-knit figure.
III If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon, --Every nighte and alle, Sit thee down and put them on: And Christe receive thy saule.
Upon his legs the hosen of fair cloth he drew straightway, And shoes adorned most richly upon his feet has done; he donned a shirt of linen fine as white as is the sun; The sleeves are laced, moreover, with gold and silver braid.
Down the hill they come in hosen and their saddles are but light, And loose their girths.
Each man of us has a Galician selle, And moreover with the jackboots are our hosen covered well.
A bell called softly from a valley hidden eastward; and up from the southwest, slantwise across a corner of the hill, a child came running into the dream, a gay lad in scarlet hosen and a green short coat, and shoes of fine leather.
His hosenwere of coarse yarn, twixt white and gray, streaked.
He disdains a shirt, and wears a tight jacket and hosen of whitey-brown serge.
In one hand he grasps his pole, with the other supports the prince, who wearing red hosen and peaked red boots, looks up to him with tearful eye.
His whole costume was of scarlet, from the feather to the silk hosen on his legs.
His clothes were coated with dirt, one of his hosen had slipped halfway down from his knee, the sleeve of his jerkin was split, and his face was streaked with sweat and dirt.
The garments of six of them were of strange fashion, with also strange cuts, everie cut knit with points of fine gold, and tassels of the same, theirhosen cut in and tied likewise.
And when the monks enter into that place, they do off both hosen and shoon or boots always, because that our Lord said to Moses, Do off thy hosen and thy shoon, for the place that thou standest on is land holy and blessed.
So she did off hosen and shoon, and I led her by the hand, and it took her but up to mid-leg.
But if hosen and shune thou never gav'st nean, Every night and awle, The whinnes shall prick thee to the bare beane, And Chryst receyve thy sawle.
If ever thou gav'st either hosen or shune, Every night and awle, Sit thee down and put them on, And Chryst receyve thy sawle.
If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon, Everie nighte and alle, Sit thee down and put them on, And Christe receive thye saule.
If hosenand shoon thou ne'er gav'st nane, Everie nighte and alle, The whinnes shall pricke thee to the bare bane, And Christe receive thye saule.
For her mind was, ever after that, to be always busying of herself in doing, for when she had nothing to do for herself she would be making of hosen and garments for others, and would bestow them upon those that had need.
As Mr. Brisk looks at Mercy's lap so full of hats and hosen and says it, I can see his natty cane beginning to lengthen itself out in his soft-skinned hand and to send out teeth like a muck-rake.
She felt herself saying over to herself the words of the old north-country dirge, which came to her recollection she knew not how-- If hosen and shoon thou gavest nane, The whins shall prick thee intil the bane.
Hosen and shoon are good, but they do not always sufficiently indicate the state of the heart.
I trust that you will remember what I have said concerning your hosen and also the broad linen collars, which you will find in the bag.
I asked in astonishment, for he was attired in a delicate plum-coloured suit with gold buttons and trimmings, set off by silkenhosen and Spanish leather shoes with roses on the instep.
The form hosen is archaic, though it lingered provincially in Scotland till modern times.
And he drew above the leggings the hosen of shining mail, Nor the spurs with red gold in-wroughten should unto the harness fail, And of silk and gold the laces, nor leather might there be found.
And with them the diamond helmet, the corslet and sword they bore, And hosen e'en such as the harness, and a marvel it needs must be 915 That the barque was thus borne towards him, as the venture hath told to me!
In these red-and-black hosen the poet comes for the first time into full light on the stage of history.
And when he had unarmed himself he took off all his clothes saving only his hosen and his doublet.
As for Sir Kay (he being clad only in a silken tunic of green color and with scarlet hosen and velvet shoes, fit for the court of a lady) he was afraid, and he wist not how to bear himself in the presence of Sir Boindegardus.
His hosen were grey, mingled with black, and his shoes were belayed with knots and ornaments, of which, and his other stray gear, he was not a little proud.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hosen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
