stocking

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stock·ing [stocking stockings] BrE [ˈstɒkɪŋ] NAmE [ˈstɑːkɪŋ] noun
1. either of a pair of thin pieces of clothing that fit closely over a woman's legs and feet
•a pair of silk stockings
compare ↑tights
see also ↑body stocking
2. = ↑Christmas stocking
Idiom: ↑in your stocking feet

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from ↑stock in the dialect sense ‘stocking’ + ↑-ing.

Example Bank:
•I've ripped my stockings again.
•Santa will be filling the stockings at Christmas time.
•She laddered her stocking on a bramble bush.
•She slowly peeled off one stocking.
•The stockings were hung by the chimney.
•This book is a light-hearted Christmas stocking filler/stuffer.
•trinkets you can use to fill a Christmas stocking