Stockinet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, undergarments, etc., are made. countable, uncountable

    "The black cloth bodies were stuffed, and were sometimes made of stockinet, or old stockings, for everyone wore black ones in those days."

  2. 2
    knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments wordnet

Synonyms

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stockinette

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"The black cloth bodies were stuffed, and were sometimes made of stockinet, or old stockings, for everyone wore black ones in those days."

Etymology

Alteration of stocking net.

Related phrases

stockinette stitch

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