1
a
: a usually knit close-fitting covering for the foot and leg
b
: sock
2
: something resembling a stocking
especially
: a ring of distinctive color on the lower part of the leg of an animal
Examples of stocking in a Sentence
a pair of wool stockings
thick wool stockings designed to be worn with hiking boots
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Other steps that the CDC recommends summer camps take to prepare for measles spread this year include stocking up on face masks and preparing a potential isolation space to separate campers who are sickened.
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Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 13 June 2025
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These were holidays as celebrated in the movies, with stockings and decorations and board games by the fire.
—Anelise Chen
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
The Underwear People dance in corsets or merry widows, their thigh-high stockings held up by garters.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
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Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Some of those businesses include Capi Electronics, which will inaugurate two more shops in T3; jewelry and watches retailer Christ; Falke, a German stockings and apparel brand; as well as international names like Sunglass Hut, Tumi, and Longchamp, that are well established at the airport.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
These were holidays as celebrated in the movies, with stockings and decorations and board games by the fire.
—Anelise Chen
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
The Underwear People dance in corsets or merry widows, their thigh-high stockings held up by garters.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for stocking
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“Stocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stocking. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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stocking
noun
stock·ing
ˈstäk-iŋ 
1
: a close-fitting usually knit covering for the foot and leg
2
Medical Definition
stocking
noun
stock·ing
ˈstäk-iŋ
: a usually knit close-fitting covering for the foot and leg see elastic stocking
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