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Definition of Garden hose
1. Noun. A hose used for watering a lawn or garden.
Definition of Garden hose
1. Noun. A type of hose used for light residential applications such as watering lawns or gardens, or washing and rinsing passenger vehicles, etc. ¹
2. Noun. A length of hose as above, usually with a male connector on one end and a female connector on the other end, which can carry water from a hose bib (a water faucet or spigot usually located on an exterior wall of a house or other building) for use on a garden or lawn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garden Hose
Literary usage of Garden hose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Wit and Humor by Joel Chandler Harris (1907)
"The garden hose IT is now the proper time for the cross-eyed woman to fool with
the garden hose. I have faced death in almost every form, and I do not know ..."
2. Searchlights on Some American Industries by James Cooke Mills (1911)
"... RUBBER-MANUFACTURING COMPANY m THE WORLD — STEPS IN THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE —
THE MAKING OF garden hose—STEAM PACKINGS — THE WORKING UP OF SHODDY. ..."
3. The Reign of Rubber by William Chauncey Geer (1922)
"Rubber garden-hose is their true friend. Out on the golf course night after night
a little twinkling light may be seen, flitting from green to green. ..."
4. The Federal Executive by John Philip Hill (1916)
"Hose, of course, would immediately recall to our minds the most common form of
hose, that is to say, a "garden hose." At this point his face became ..."
5. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"Then the question arose, " Which is the most efficient, durable, and economical
form of garden hose to obtain—indiarubber or leather 1 " Whilst thinking the ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"It startled him to find how closely it resembled common garden hose. ...
The Humorist had never had much faith in garden hose. He had bought miles of it and ..."
7. American Wit and Humor by Joel Chandler Harris (1907)
"The garden hose IT is now the proper time for the cross-eyed woman to fool with
the garden hose. I have faced death in almost every form, and I do not know ..."
8. Searchlights on Some American Industries by James Cooke Mills (1911)
"... RUBBER-MANUFACTURING COMPANY m THE WORLD — STEPS IN THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE —
THE MAKING OF garden hose—STEAM PACKINGS — THE WORKING UP OF SHODDY. ..."
9. The Reign of Rubber by William Chauncey Geer (1922)
"Rubber garden-hose is their true friend. Out on the golf course night after night
a little twinkling light may be seen, flitting from green to green. ..."
10. The Federal Executive by John Philip Hill (1916)
"Hose, of course, would immediately recall to our minds the most common form of
hose, that is to say, a "garden hose." At this point his face became ..."
11. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"Then the question arose, " Which is the most efficient, durable, and economical
form of garden hose to obtain—indiarubber or leather 1 " Whilst thinking the ..."
12. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"It startled him to find how closely it resembled common garden hose. ...
The Humorist had never had much faith in garden hose. He had bought miles of it and ..."
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