Category:Stocking

Stock"ing, n. Etym: [from stock, which was formerly used of a Covering for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or upper stocks, And stockings, or nether stocks.]

Defn: a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or Woven. Blue stocking. See bluestocking. -- stocking frame, a machine for knitting stockings or other hosiery Goods.

Stocking Stock"ing, v. t.

Defn: to dress in gbs. Dryden.