stocking
1. A close-fitting, usually knitted covering for the foot and leg made from nylon, silk, cotton, wool, and similar yarns. 2. An item resembling this covering.
ETYMOLOGY: From dialectal stock, from Middle English stokke, leg covering, probably from stok, stock. See stock.
OTHER FORMS: stockinged —ADJECTIVE

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