different between stocking vs smocking

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?k??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st?k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??
• Homophone: stalking (with cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From stock (“cover with material”) +? -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.

Noun

stocking (plural stockings)

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

   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.

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

Descendants

• ? Scottish Gaelic: stocainn

Translations

See also

• hose
• netherstock
• pantyhose
• sock

Etymology 2

From stock +? -ing.

Verb

stocking

1. present participle of stock

   I've almost finished stocking these groceries.

Noun

stocking

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

References

• stocking in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• gnostick, tockings

English

Etymology

From smock +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sm?k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sm?k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??
• Hyphenation: smock?ing

Noun

smocking (countable and uncountable, plural smockings)

1. (sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place; the product of the use of this embroidery technique.

Related terms

• smock
• smocker

Translations

Verb

smocking

1. present participle of smock

Notes

References

Further reading

• smocking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mockings