Word origins - 2ed. J. Ayto. 2005.
Stocking — Stocking … Deutsch Wikipedia
Stocking — Stock ing, n. [From {Stock}, which was formerly used of a covering for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or upper stocks, and stockings, or nether stocks.] 1. A close fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stocking — ► NOUN 1) either of a pair of separate close fitting nylon garments covering the foot and leg, worn especially by women. 2) US or archaic a long sock worn by men. 3) a real or ornamental stocking hung up by children on Christmas Eve for Father… … English terms dictionary
stocking — close fitting garment covering the foot and leg, 1580s, from stocka leg covering, stock, from O.E. stocu sleeve, related to O.E. stocc trunk, log (see STOCK (Cf. stock) (n.1)). Probably so called because of a fancied resemblance of legs to tree… … Etymology dictionary
stocking — [stäk′iŋ] n. [< STOCK, in obs. sense of leg covering + ING] 1. a closefitting covering, usually knitted, for the foot and, usually, most of the leg 2. something resembling this, as a patch of color on the leg of an animal in one s stocking… … English World dictionary
Stocking — Stock ing, v. t. To dress in GBs. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stocking up — Stocking up, also known as Filling up or Filled legs refers to a condition in horses caused when fluid builds up and swells the leg. Sometimes it is linked to lameness and other times it is purely an aesthetic problem. Fluid buildup can be caused … Wikipedia
Stocking — This article is about the article of clothing primarily worn by women. For other uses, see Stocking (disambiguation). A pair of dark grey nylon stockings. A stocking, (also known as hose, especially in a historical context), is a close fitting,… … Wikipedia
stocking — n. 1 a either of a pair of long separate coverings for the legs and feet, usu. close woven in wool or nylon and worn esp. by women and girls. b esp. US = SOCK(1). 2 any close fitting garment resembling a stocking (bodystocking). 3 a differently… … Useful english dictionary
stocking — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fishnet, sheer ▪ laddered (BrE) ▪ nylon, silk, etc. ▪ Christmas … Collocations dictionary
Stocking — Recorded as Stocken, Stockin, Stocking, and Stockings, this is an English surname. According to the famous Victorian etymologister Canon Charles Bardsley writing in the year1880, the word amd hence the surname, is a diminutive of the word stock… … Surnames reference
