Meaning of openwork stocking | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of stocking having decorative gaps in the fabric.

historical

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Examples

“Perhaps one high heel catching the sunlight, with a bird perched on the end of it; and the other – a stockinged foot, with blood . . . that's dried into the openwork stocking.”

“It was a picture of a girl, all legs and dress and eyelashes, a well-developed blonde in black openwork stockings and a low bodice, and this particular blonde peeped over a black lace fan.”

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