/stok'euh net"/ , n.
1. Also, stockinet . a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
2. Also called stockinette stitch . a knitting pattern made by alternating single rows of knit stitches and of purl stitches in such a way that all the knit stitches show on one side of the fabric and all the purl stitches on the other.
[ 1775-85; earlier stocking-net ]