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stockingless

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stock⋅ing

  [stok-ing]
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–noun
1. a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
2. something resembling such a covering.
—Idiom
3. in one's stocking feet, wearing stockings, but without shoes: Be careful of glass splinters if you walk through here in your stocking feet.
Origin:
1575–85; stock + -ing 1

Related forms:
stockinged, adjective
stock⋅ing⋅less, adjective
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Word Origin & History

stocking 
"close-fitting garment covering the foot and leg," 1583, from stocka "leg covering, stock," from O.E. stocu "sleeve," related to O.E. stocc "trunk, log" (see stock (n.1)). Probably so called because of a fancied resemblance of legs to tree trunks, or a reference to the punishing stocks. Cognates include O.N. stuka, O.H.G. stuhha, from the same P.Gmc. source. Restriction to women's hose is 20c. As a receptacle for Christmas presents, attested from 1853; hence stocking stuffer first recorded 1976.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stock·ing
Pronunciation: 'stäk-i[ng]
Function: noun
: a usually knit close-fitting covering for the foot and leg —see ELASTIC STOCKING
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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