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netherstocks

netherstocks is the plural of netherstock.

Meaning of netherstock

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...

Questions about netherstocks

What is netherstocks the plural of?
Netherstocks is the plural of netherstock.

Words near netherstocks in the dictionary

  1. Netherseal
  2. Nethersole
  3. netherstock
  4. netherstocking
  5. netherstockings
  6. netherstocks
  7. nethertheless
  8. Netherthorpe
  9. netherthought
  10. netherthoughts
  11. Netherton

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