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understockings

understockings is the plural of understocking.

Meaning of understocking

Noun

understocking (plural understockings)

  1. 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

Questions about understockings

What is understockings the plural of?
Understockings is the plural of understocking.

Words near understockings in the dictionary

  1. understitches
  2. understitching
  3. understock
  4. understocked
  5. understocking
  6. understockings
  7. understocks
  8. understood
  9. understood the assignment
  10. understood trap
  11. understoodest

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