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stocking-foot

stocking-foot noun: the part of socks, stockings, hosiery, or other flexible footwear that surrounds the foot.

Noun

stocking-foot (plural stocking-feet)

  1. The part of socks, stockings, hosiery, or other flexible footwear that surrounds the foot.
    • Experienced fly-fishers prefer stockingfoot waders.
    • I gave her a shilling. She put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket, and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand. I did. She arched her face to the palm, and pored over it without touching it.1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XIX
  2. An unshod foot clad only in socks, stockings, or other hosiery.

Forms of stocking-foot

pluralstocking-feet
alternative formstockingfoot

Questions about stocking-foot

What does stocking-foot mean?
Stocking-foot means the part of socks, stockings, hosiery, or other flexible footwear that surrounds the foot.
What part of speech is stocking-foot?
Stocking-foot is a noun.
What is the plural of stocking-foot?
The plural of stocking-foot is stocking-feet.

Words near stocking-foot in the dictionary

  1. stocking stuffers
  2. stocking up
  3. stocking-feet
  4. stocking-filler
  5. stocking-fillers
  6. stocking-foot
  7. stocking-stuffer
  8. stocking-stuffers
  9. stockinged
  10. stockinger
  11. stockingers

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