Stocking vs Silks - What's the difference?
stocking | silks |
A soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear.
English plurals
(circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
As nouns the difference between stocking and silks
is that stocking is a soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear while silks is .As a verb stocking
is .stocking
English
(wikipedia stocking)Etymology 1
From . Corruption of old plural (-en), i.e. (stocken), now singular.Noun
(en noun)- A pair of stockings.
Usage notes
* Stocking may refer either to men's socks or to women's hose, but rarely to socks when worn by women. However, this usage appears somewhat variable.Derived terms
* bluestocking * stockinger * stocking filler * stocking-maker * stocking stufferSee also
* hose * sock * pantyhoseEtymology 2
From .Verb
(head)- I've almost finished stocking these groceries.