stocking

(Engels)

Noun

1. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
2. A large, sock-like bag used to store small Christmas gifts, typically hung on a mantelpiece.
3. A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
4. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

Verb

present participle and gerund of stock

stock

• Noun
• Verb
• Adj

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈstɑkɪŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.

Sinonieme

sock

hose

socks

🧦

stockings

buying up

storing

hosiery

mount

mounting

nylons

outfitting

pants

procurement

provision

shorts

🩳

smallclothes

storage

trousers

unmentionables

warehousing

degree of stocking

articles

stocking degree

bearing

bed

🛏️

bedding

breech

britches

low