v. [UN-2 4. Cf. Flem. (Kilian) onthosen.] trans. To strip or divest of hose. Also fig. Hence Unhosing vbl. sb.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 161 b/2. Peter is as moche to saye as knowynge or unhosyng,… and therfore he was sayd unhosyng for he unhosed and dyd of his wyll fro his feet. Ibid. (c. 1489), Sonnes of Aymon, xvi. 371. Whan mawgis had taken all this, he … vnhosed him.
c. 1532. Du Wes, Introd. Fr., in Palsgr., 942. To unhose, deschausser.
1598. Florio, Scalciatura, an vnshoing, vnhosing, vnbreeching.
1611. Cotgr., Deschausser,… to vnhose, or draw off hosen.
