"understocking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: understockings [plural]
Etymology: From under- + stocking. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|stocking}} under- + stocking Head templates: {{en-noun}} understocking (plural understockings)
  1. A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking. Categories (topical): Footwear, Underwear Coordinate_terms: overstocking
    Sense id: en-understocking-en-noun-ZpXbBXNH Disambiguation of Footwear: 94 6 Disambiguation of Underwear: 92 8 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} understocking
  1. present participle and gerund of understock Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: understock
    Sense id: en-understocking-en-verb-TYkYnJOi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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