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Definition of Stocking |
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Stocking
Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking; as: (a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse. (b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting. of Stock A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven. To dress in GBs. Related Definitions: An, And, Any, As, Between, Broad, By, Color, Converted, Coronet, Cotton, Covering, Differing, Dress, Eventually, Foot, For, From, Gas, General, Hock, Hood, Horse, In, Incandescent, Into, Is, Knee, Knit, Knitted, Leg, Lighting, Likened, Lower, Mantle, Of, On, Or, Part, Process, Quadruped, Resembling, Ring, Special, Stock, Stocking, The, Thread, To, Various, Which, White, Woven |
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Stocking Quotations
A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. Mitch Hedberg He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking. Kyra Sedgwick No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas. Alfred E. Smith In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes. Cole Porter |
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Stocking Translations
stocking in Afrikaans is kous stocking in Dutch is kous stocking in Finnish is sukka stocking in French is collante, bas stocking in Italian is calza, calza maglia stocking in Portuguese is meia stocking in Spanish is leotardos, media stocking in Swedish is strumpa |
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