Understocking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Understocking is a noun meaning A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
Meaning
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of understock
Example Sentences
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;
He [Jeremias van Rensselaer] may have worn understockings to protect the outer pair from sweat and foot odors; in the 1650s, overstockings or ‘canons,’ which were widened and decorated at the top, better fitted the wider boots worn by men at this time.
Word Forms
- understockings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overstocking, stocking, stocking-foot, stock, oversocks, stockingfeet.
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