Meaning of stocking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
3. A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.
4. half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
5. Ellipsis of Christmas stocking; a large, sock-like bag used to store small Christmas gifts, typically hung on a mantelpiece.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
6. synonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L)
7. A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
8. stocking (long thin leggings worn by women)
9. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
10. pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist)
11. sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet)

Equivalents

Examples

“a pair of stockings”

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