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What (who) is stocking - definition

HOSIERY THAT COVERS THE FEET AND LEGS TO THE KNEE OR HIGHER

Stockings; Cuban Heel; Nylon stockings; Nylon stocking; Net stocking; Women's stockings

Stocking

·vt To dress in GBs.

II. Stocking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Stock.

III. Stocking ·noun A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.

IV. Stocking ·add. ·noun Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking; as: (a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; ·esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse. (b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

stocking

¦ noun

1. a woman's garment that fits closely over the foot and leg, typically made of fine knitted nylon yarn, held up by suspenders or an elasticated strip at the upper thigh.

a cylindrical bandage or other medical covering for the leg resembling a stocking.

2. US or dated a long sock worn by men.

3. a real or ornamental stocking hung up by children on Christmas Eve for Father Christmas to fill with presents.

4. a white marking of the lower part of a horse's leg.

Derivatives

stockinged adjective

stockingless adjective

Origin

C16: from stock in the dialect sense 'stocking' + -ing¹.

stocking

n.

1) mesh; nylon; seamless; silk; surgical stockings

2) a pair of stockings

3) (misc.) she got a ladder (BE)/ run (esp. AE) in her stocking

Wikipedia

Stocking

Stockings (also known as hose, especially in a historical context) are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Stockings vary in color, design, and transparency. Today, stockings are primarily worn for fashion and aesthetics, usually in association with mid-length or short skirts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocking

Examples of use of stocking

1. Stocking didn‘t ruled out the possibility that Shaver was exaggerating. He can say that he killed 50, but we have to prove that he actually did,‘‘ Stocking said.

2. Stocking said Blair had a close working relationship with U.S.

3. Stocking didn‘t ruled out the possibility that Shaver was exaggerating.

4. Weve never given him a stocking before (too much like hard work trying to find cheap but interesting stocking fillers) but now he wont let us forget it.

5. Householders were stocking up on sandbags and emergency provisions.