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overstockings

overstockings is the plural of overstocking.

Meaning of overstocking

Noun

overstocking (plural overstockings)

  1. A stocking intended to be worn over another stocking.
    • I made a hurried attempt to change my thick fur “torbassa” and overstockings for American boots, but was surprised in the very act by the drawing up of my sledge before the house of the Russian priest, where we intended to stop until we could make arrangements for a house of our own.[…]As soon as I...1870, George Kennan, “Penzhina—Telegraph Poles—Arctic Temperature—Studying Astronomy—Arrival at Anadyrsk—A Priest’s Hospitality”, in Tent Life in Siberia, and Adventures among the Koraks and Other...

Questions about overstockings

What is overstockings the plural of?
Overstockings is the plural of overstocking.

Words near overstockings in the dictionary

  1. overstitches
  2. overstitching
  3. overstock
  4. overstocked
  5. overstocking
  6. overstockings
  7. overstocks
  8. overstoke
  9. overstoked
  10. overstokes
  11. overstoking

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