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stocking-foot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The part of socks, stockings, hosiery, or other flexible footwear that surrounds the foot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Experienced fly-fishers prefer stockingfoot waders.
  • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XIX I gave her a shilling. She put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket, and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand. I did. She arched her face to the palm, and pored over it without touching it.

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noun

Meaning 2

An unshod foot clad only in socks, stockings, or other hosiery.

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