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netherstock

netherstock noun: a stocking.

Noun

netherstock (plural netherstocks)

  1. A stocking.
  2. (historical) A 16th-century stocking reaching above the knee and worn with upperstocks.
    • when a man is over-lusty at legs, then he wears wooden nether-stocksc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of netherstock

pluralnetherstocks

Origin of netherstock

From nether- + stock.

Questions about netherstock

What does netherstock mean?
Netherstock means a stocking.
What part of speech is netherstock?
Netherstock is a noun.
What is the plural of netherstock?
The plural of netherstock is netherstocks.

Words near netherstock in the dictionary

  1. netherregions
  2. nethers
  3. Nethersaxon
  4. Netherseal
  5. Nethersole
  6. netherstock
  7. netherstocking
  8. netherstockings
  9. netherstocks
  10. nethertheless
  11. Netherthorpe

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