Understocking

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.

    "On the 1st of February of 1715 I received the dues of La CaƱada, three bushels of wheat; eight sacks and a half of maize; some cotton-thread understockings worth 3 pesos, and two pairs of gloves;"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of understock form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From under- + stocking.

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