houseau

From Middle French, from Old French housel (“boot, leggings”), diminutive of huese, hose (“boot, leggings”), from Frankish *husa, *hosa (“boot, leggings”), from Proto-Germanic *husǭ, *hausaz (“covering, shell, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). Cognate with Old High German hosa (German Hose, “pants”), Old English hose (“hose, pod, husk”), Old Norse hosa (“trousers, stocking”), Old Norse hauss (“skull”). More at hose, hosen.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /u.zo/

houseau m (plural houseaux)

1. (historical) gaiter

• guêtre

• → English: huseau

• “houseau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).