stocking — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.

   Esempi

   a pair of stockings

2. A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.

3. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

Sostantivo

1. A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.

Sostantivo

1. close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)

   Termini più generali

   hosieryhose

2. the activity of supplying a stock of something

   Termini più generali

   provisionsupplysupplying

   Esempi

   he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout