STOCKING
\stˈɒkɪŋ], \stˈɒkɪŋ], \s_t_ˈɒ_k_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of STOCKING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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wearing stockings; "walks about in his stockinged (or stocking) feet"
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close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
By Princeton University
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wearing stockings; "walks about in his stockinged (or stocking) feet"
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close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Oddity Software
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A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg. Stockings were anciently made of cloth or milled stuff, sewed together, but they are now usually knitted by the hand or woven in a frame, the material being wool, cotton, or silk.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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