- either of a pair of thin pieces of clothing that fit closely over the legs and feet, usually worn under other clothes
- a pair of silk stockings
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionc1- I've ripped my stockings again.
- She slowly peeled off one stocking.
- She laddered her stocking on a bramble bush.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fishnet
- sheer
- laddered
- …
- pair
- pull on
- ladder
- rip
- …
- filler
- stuffer
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- (also Christmas stocking)a long sock that children leave out when they go to bed on Christmas Eve so that it can be filled with presents
- The stockings were hung by the chimney.
- Santa will be filling the stockings at Christmas time.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fishnet
- sheer
- laddered
- …
- pair
- pull on
- ladder
- rip
- …
- filler
- stuffer
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from stock in the dialect sense ‘stocking’ + -ing.
Idioms
See stocking in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin your stocking(ed) feet
- wearing socks or stockings but not shoes
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