stocking
Pronunciation: /ˈstɑkɪŋ/
The English word “stocking” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
- A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
- A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
- A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
Etymology
From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.
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