Stock·ing n.
 1. A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.
 2. Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking1; as: (a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse. (b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
 Blue stocking. See Bluestocking.
 Stocking frame, a machine for knitting stockings or other hosiery goods.