stocking-foot

短语

词形变化

stocking-feet 复数 stocking-feet

别名

stockingfoot

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The part of socks, stockings, hosiery, or other flexible footwear that surrounds the foot.

    Experienced fly-fishers prefer stockingfoot waders.

    1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XIX I gave her a shilling. She put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket, and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand. I did. She arched her face to the palm, and pored over it without touching it.

  2. 2.

    An unshod foot clad only in socks, stockings, or other hosiery.