stockinette
noun
stock·i·nette
ˌstä-kə-ˈnet 
variants
or stockinet
: a soft elastic usually cotton fabric used especially for bandages and infants' wear
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The best costume is the cheap, ordinary stockinette suit, which clings close to the figure, and the closer the better.
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Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023
The hospital provides her with rolls of white stockinette stitch fabric — which is the optimal material to regulate body temperature in babies — and Shaffer purchases her own blue and pink ribbon at Walmart to add a personal touch.
—Washington Post, 2 July 2021
The entire costume was very easy to create and wear: a white blouse, anklet stockinettes with stripes, navy slacks, gloves, a scarf and a fantastic wig.
—Martha Stewart, star-telegram, 7 Oct. 2017
Pretty crescent shawl with oodles of soothing stockinette stitch.
—Mary Mooney, OregonLive.com, 17 Aug. 2017
Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023
The hospital provides her with rolls of white stockinette stitch fabric — which is the optimal material to regulate body temperature in babies — and Shaffer purchases her own blue and pink ribbon at Walmart to add a personal touch.
—Washington Post, 2 July 2021
The entire costume was very easy to create and wear: a white blouse, anklet stockinettes with stripes, navy slacks, gloves, a scarf and a fantastic wig.
—Martha Stewart, star-telegram, 7 Oct. 2017
Pretty crescent shawl with oodles of soothing stockinette stitch.
—Mary Mooney, OregonLive.com, 17 Aug. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
alteration of earlier stocking net
First Known Use
1784, in the meaning defined above
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stockinette
noun
stock·i·nette
variants
or stockinet
: a soft elastic usually cotton fabric used especially for bandages
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