hosing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of hose

noun

1. A spraying or washing with a hose.

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

2. (archaic)Material used for making hosiery.

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