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Curt-hose|ˈkɜːthəʊz|
[OF. curte-hose short boot, from OF. hose, huese, hoese, house, heuse, boot, in mod.Picard heuse a boot coming up to the knee, med.L. hosa; of Teutonic origin: cf. OHG. hosa, MLG. hose, MDu. hoze, Du. hoos, OE. hose, covering for the leg (and foot); see hose.]
Short-boot, -legging, or -greave: a surname given to Robert, eldest son of William the Conqueror; the med.L. was Curta ocrea.
[a1143William of Malmesbury Gest. Reg. iv. §389 (1840) II. 607 Genitore..dicente, ‘Per resurrectionem Dei! probus erit Robelinus Curta Ocrea’. Hoc enim erat ejus cognomen, quod esset exiguus.] 12..Chron. de Mailros in Rerum Angl. Script. Vet. (1684) I. 160, Rodbertus Curtehose guerram contra patrem suum movit. 1350–70Eulogium Hist. (1863) III. v. ci. 40 Robertus Courthoese. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 130 He..beqwathe..to Robert, clepid Curthose, the duchi of Normandie. 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. I. 97 Robert named Gambeson or ‘Curthose’ from the shortness of his legs. |