English

hosebeast

From hose + beast.

A compound of hose + beast

Proto-Germanic *husǭ ‘coverings, leggings, trousers’

Proto-West Germanic *hosā ‘outer cover, shell’

Old English hose ‘hose, leggings’

Middle English hose ‘leggings, hose’

English hose

Old French beste ‘beast, animal’

Middle English beeste

English beast

Today it means

noun An objectionable woman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hosebeast