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openwork stocking

openwork stocking noun: a type of stocking having decorative gaps in the fabric.

Noun

openwork stocking (plural openwork stockings)

  1. (historical) A type of stocking having decorative gaps in the fabric.
    • Perhaps one high heel catching the sunlight, with a bird perched on the end of it; and the other – a stockinged foot, with blood . . . that's dried into the openwork stocking.1935, Emlyn Williams, Night Must Fall
    • It was a picture of a girl, all legs and dress and eyelashes, a well-developed blonde in black openwork stockings and a low bodice, and this particular blonde peeped over a black lace fan.1942, John Steinbeck, The Moon is Down

Forms of openwork stocking

pluralopenwork stockings

Questions about openwork stocking

What does openwork stocking mean?
Openwork stocking means a type of stocking having decorative gaps in the fabric.
What part of speech is openwork stocking?
Openwork stocking is a noun.
What is the plural of openwork stocking?
The plural of openwork stocking is openwork stockings.

Words near openwork stocking in the dictionary

  1. openwash
  2. openwashed
  3. openwashes
  4. openwashing
  5. openwork
  6. openwork stocking
  7. openwork stockings
  8. openworks
  9. OpenXPS
  10. opepe
  11. opephoroid

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