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Added 9 October 2026

stocking

/ˈstɑkɪŋ/ noun

In Latin: tībiāle Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stocking at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural).
The activity of supplying a stock of something.
he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout

Origin

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

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