stocking
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stock·ing /ˈstɒkɪŋ $ ˈstɑː-/ noun [countable usually plural] 1. DCCa thin close-fitting piece of clothing that covers a woman’s leg and foot （女式）长筒袜 → tights2. old-fashionedDCC a man’s sock 男袜3. in your stockinged/stocking feet not wearing any shoes 只穿袜子没穿鞋的
Examples from the Corpus
stocking• Zena pulled on another stocking and heard his footsteps echoing away up the corridor.• There was no listing for stockings on the store directory.• To him, a schoolmistress was a crusty Old Maid in a liberty bodice and lisle stockings.• Then a bit later when I was just nodding off he says, Seamed stockings.• Her skinny legs and swollen ankles, covered with white stockings, rest unnaturally on the footrests of her chair.• Flossie's lead was now hopelessly tangled round Dotty's wrinkled stockings.Origin stocking (1500-1600) stock “stocking” ((15-19 centuries))stock·ing nounChineseSyllable
of that close-fitting a piece thin clothing Corpus
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stocking
stock‧ing /ˈstɒkɪŋ $ ˈstɑː-/
noun [countable usually plural]
2. old-fashioned a man’s sock
3. in your stockinged/stocking feet not wearing any shoes
stock‧ing /ˈstɒkɪŋ $ ˈstɑː-/
noun [countable usually plural] Date: 1500-1600
Origin: stock 'stocking' (15-19 centuries)
1. a thin close-fitting piece of clothing that covers a woman’s leg and foot ⇨ tightsOrigin: stock 'stocking' (15-19 centuries)
2. old-fashioned a man’s sock
3. in your stockinged/stocking feet not wearing any shoes
