I. ˈstäkiŋ, -kēŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English stokking, from gerund of stokken to stock — more at stock
1. : the action of making or fitting a stock (as to a rifle)
2. : punishment by detention in the stocks
3. Scotland : livestock and farm implements
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: stock (I) (stocking) + -ing
1.
a. : a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg reaching above the knee and usually knit of nylon, silk, wool, or cotton
b. : sock
2. : something resembling or held to resemble a stocking: as
a. : a bandage or webbed support for the leg ; especially : one woven or knitted with rubber and used in various disorders of the circulation — called also elastic stocking
b.
(1) : a broad ring of color on the lower part of the leg of a biped or quadruped differing from the general color ; especially : a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse
(2) : the dark feathering of the neck of a Canada goose
c. : a knitted tube of fiber (as rayon) used in making incandescent mantles by impregnation (as with thorium nitrate) — called also sock
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- in one's stocking feet
III. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to dress in stockings