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noun a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
something resembling such a covering.
Idioms for stockingin one's stocking feet , wearing stockings, but without shoes: Be careful of glass splinters if you walk through here in your stocking feet.
Origin of stocking First recorded in 1575–85; stock + -ing1
OTHER WORDS FROM stocking stockinged, adjective stock·ing·less, adjective half-stocking, noun o·ver·stock·ing, noun
un·stock·inged, adjective
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The gentleman sat and moved his toes in his stocking , and watched the people in the room.
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She was learning to do that quite nicely, but the stocking still remained a puzzle.
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The fit of the stocking is almost as essential to the perfection of the foot as that of the boot or the shoe itself.
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She paused to wipe her glasses before turning the heel in her stocking .
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British Dictionary definitions for stocking noun one of a pair of close-fitting garments made of knitted yarn to cover the foot and part or all of the leg
something resembling this in position, function, appearance, etc
in one's stocking feet or in one's stockinged feet wearing stockings or socks but no shoes
Word Origin for stocking C16: from dialect stock stocking + -ing 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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