stockinette

[ stok-uh-net ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also stock·i·net. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
Also called stockinette stitch. Knitting. a knitting pattern made by alternating single rows of knit stitches and of purl stitches in such a way that all the knit stitches show on one side of the fabric and all the purl stitches on the other.

First recorded in 1775–85; earlier stocking-net

Cast 20 stitches on one of your needles and knit in stockinette stitch for 15 rows.

They seem to be just long bags, nearly a yard long, of black stockinette stuff.

The knickerbockers in this case are made of red knitted stockinette instead of cloth.

In scarlet serge dress and cap of scarlet stockinette, she danced to the tinsel melody.

Under the plaster, stockinette drawers are worn, and the bony prominences are padded with cotton wool.

Fold shoulders tog, having buttonholes overlap the stockinette st band.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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