stocking

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
  2. noun the activity of supplying a stock of something
  3. verb have on hand

Etymology

From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.

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