STOCKING Definition & Meaning

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stocking

[ stok-ing ]

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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.

stocking

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪŋ /

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

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First recorded in 1575–85; stock + -ing ¹

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C16: from dialect stock stocking + -ing ¹

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in one's stocking feet, wearing stockings, but without shoes:
Be careful of glass splinters if you walk through here in your stocking feet.

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The kits soon became birthday gifts and stocking stuffers.

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“It’s piecemeal,” her 89-year-old husband Verne said about stocking up again.

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He was taken into a room to get changed into "these very fashionable stockings and clothes", before walking to theatre with medics.

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He wears a fashionable doublet, breeches, stockings, chunky strapped shoes and a tall felt hat with a buckle in the hatband.

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She now manages it through a healthy lifestyle, wearing compression stockings and dry brushing her skin.

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