STOCKING


Meaning of STOCKING in English

vt to dress in gbs.

2. stocking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of stock.

3. stocking ·noun a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.

4. stocking ·add. ·noun 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. (b) a knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

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