stocking

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈstɒkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ

Etymology 1

From stock (“cover with material”) +‎ -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.

A woman wearing bronze nylon stockings

Noun

stocking (plural stockings)

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

   A pair of stockings.

Usage notes

• Stocking may refer either to men's socks or to women's hose, but rarely to socks when worn by women. However, this usage appears somewhat variable.

Derived terms

terms derived from stocking (noun)

bluestocking stockinger

stocking filler stocking-maker stocking stuffer

Translations

garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)

• Arabic: جورب (ar) (jáwrab) m (pl: جوارب (ar) (jawaarib) m pl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長襪 (cmn), 长袜 (cmn) (chángwà)

• Czech: punčocha (cs) f
• Dutch: kous (nl) f
• Esperanto: ŝtrumpo (eo)
• Finnish: sukka (fi)
• French: bas (fr) m
• German: Strumpf (de) m
• Hungarian: harisnya (hu)
• Ido: kalzo (io)
• Interlingua: calcea (ia)
• Italian: calza (it) f
• Japanese: ストッキング (ja) (sutokkingu)

• Jèrriais: cauche f
• Korean: 스타킹 (ko) (seutaking), 양말 (ko) (yangmal)
• Luxembourgish: Strëmp (lb) f, Hues (lb) f
• Maltese: peduna f
• Navajo: yistłé
• Norwegian: strømpe (no) f
• Polish: pończochy
• Portuguese: meia (pt) f
• Russian: чулок (ru) (čulók) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: stocainn (gd) f, osan (gd) m
• Spanish: media (es) f
• Swedish: strumpa (sv)
• Taos: mę́dianą
• Turkish: çorap (tr)

See also

• hose
• sock
• pantyhose

Etymology 2

From stock +‎ -ing.

Verb

stocking

1. Present participle of stock.

   I've almost finished stocking these groceries.

References

• stocking in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911