stocking

A large sock that children leave out on Christmas Eve to be filled with presents.

Stockings made from nylon material.

Stockings made from silk material.

Refers to thin, transparent stockings.

A stocking with a long, vertical tear.

Refers to stockings with a diamond-shaped open-work pattern.

Used to refer to two stockings as a single unit.

To hang a Christmas stocking, for example by a fireplace, in expectation of it being filled.

To put presents in a Christmas stocking.

To fill a Christmas stocking, often tightly, with presents.

To put on a stocking.

To tear a stocking.

To cause a long, vertical tear in a stocking.

A small, inexpensive present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.

A small, inexpensive present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.