Stockings

noun

Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.nounA soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.

"a pair of stockings"

2.nounA broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.

3.nounA knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

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