stocking

A close-fitting, usually knitted covering for the foot and leg made from nylon, silk, cotton, wool, and similar yarns.

An item resembling this covering.

A close-fitting covering for the foot and lower leg.

Something like or suggesting such a covering.

To dress in stockings; cover as with stockings.

A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.

Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking{1}

A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse.

A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

See Bluestocking.