hosepipe

hose +‎ pipe

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hosepipe (plural hosepipes)

1. (UK, South Africa, Southern US) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.
   • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 7:

     In a hot three-week drought that had begin in July he could have saved it, despite the hosepipe ban. But he had been too busy to haul full buckets the garden's length.

• garden hose

hosepipe (third-person singular simple present hosepipes, present participle hosepiping, simple past and past participle hosepiped)

1. (film, television) To film with erratic panning movements of the camera.