understocking
understocking noun: a stocking intended to be worn under another stocking. Also the present participle and gerund of understock.
Noun
understocking (plural understockings)
- A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
- On the 1st of February of 1715 I received the dues of La Cañada, three bushels of wheat; eight sacks and a half of maize; some cotton-thread understockings worth 3 pesos, and two pairs of gloves;1948, New Mexico Historical Review, page 211
- As white understockings, which may easily have been completely hidden, also occur, it is possible that the well-dressed man often wore three pairs of stockings. Roelof de Man — always a standard of elegance in Cape terms — had twelve pairs of white understockings and fourteen pairs of...1982, Africana Notes and News, volume 25, page 163
Also used as
understocking is also the present participle and gerund of understock.
Forms of understocking
| plural | understockings |
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Origin of understocking
From under- + stocking.
Questions about understocking
- What does understocking mean?
- Understocking means a stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
- What part of speech is understocking?
- Understocking is a noun.
- What is the plural of understocking?
- The plural of understocking is understockings.
Words near understocking in the dictionary
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