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stockinet

stockinet noun: an elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, undergarments, etc., are made.

stockinet: an elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, undergarments, etc., are made
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Noun

stockinet (countable and uncountable, plural stockinets)

  1. An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, undergarments, etc., are made.
    • The black cloth bodies were stuffed, and were sometimes made of stockinet, or old stockings, for everyone wore black ones in those days.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 162

Forms of stockinet

pluralstockinets
alternative formstockinette

Origin of stockinet

Alteration of stocking net.

Words formed from stockinet

Words that rhyme with stockinet

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Questions about stockinet

What does stockinet mean?
Stockinet means an elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, undergarments, etc., are made.
What part of speech is stockinet?
Stockinet is a noun.
What is the plural of stockinet?
The plural of stockinet is stockinets.

Words near stockinet in the dictionary

  1. stockily
  2. stockin'
  3. stockin's
  4. Stockinbingal
  5. stockiness
  6. stockinet
  7. stockinets
  8. stockinette
  9. stockinette stitch
  10. stockinettes
  11. stocking

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