| 单词 | rib stocking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrib stocking rib stocking n. a close-fitting stocking made of ribbed knitted fabric; also †figurative and in figurative contexts, as the type of something flexible or elastic (obsolete). ΚΠ 1778Rib stocking [see sense 10b]. 1786 W. Huntingdon Life of Author in Kingdom of Heaven taken by Prayer (ed. 2) 79 His religion..is like a rib-stocking, it will shrink or yield to any leg. 1821 Times 6 Sept. 2 They wanted to dismiss this jury and get another, a rib-stocking jury, that would bend to any thing. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 180/2 This rib-stocking frame was one of the contrivances which led by gradual improvements to the net-machines. 1926 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 17 Aug. 2 Lisle Sport Rib Stockings in French nude, black and brown. 2006 Evening Standard (Nexis) 16 Mar. 10 (caption) Rib stockings worn with summer sandals. < as lemmas |
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