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stockinette
[ stok-uh-net ]
noun
- Also ٴdz··Ա. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- Also called stockinette stitch. Knitting. a knitting pattern made by alternating single rows of knit stitches and of purl stitches in such a way that all the knit stitches show on one side of the fabric and all the purl stitches on the other.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stockinette1
First recorded in 1775–85; earlier stocking-net
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So that leaves me with the basics: garter stitch, stockinette, ribbing, moss stitch.
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These red and white stripy stockinette shorts would have lost their shape when wet - so men would have also worn the red pair of pants, known as "athletes", over the top to cover their modesty.
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They seem to be just long bags, nearly a yard long, of black stockinette stuff.
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In scarlet serge dress and cap of scarlet stockinette, she danced to the tinsel melody.
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Under the plaster, stockinette drawers are worn, and the bony prominences are padded with cotton wool.
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