The plural of 'hose' (cf. 'ox,' 'oxen'), only Da 3:21 AV, and now obsolete in the sense, here intended, of breeches or trousers. The article of dress denoted by the original is uncertain. According to an early tradition (Septuagint tiara), some form of headdress is intended (cf. Revised Version margin 'turbans'), but modern opinion favours 'coats' or 'tunics' as in RV.

A. R. S. Kennedy.

Coverings for the legs, trousers' ('hosen' and 'coats' have been transposed in the A.V.). Da 3:21.