hosiery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hosiery
Explanation
When you want to cover your legs, whether with socks or tights, what you need is hosiery. Shopping for stockings? Just ask the salesclerk, "Which way is the hosiery department?" Hosiery is a fairly old-fashioned word for socks and stockings as a group. You'll still see it in some department stores that have an entire section dedicated to foot- and leg-covering garments, although sometimes it's called "legwear." Hosiery comes from an even more old-fashioned word, hosier, "maker or seller of hose."
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Example Sentences
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Could the man who was married to Mary Hopkins - who had fathered her children and who had even worked alongside her at Crown Hosiery - have done this to her?
From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2018
In 2004, the last woollen mill in town, Royce Hosiery, ceased operations.
From The New Yorker • May 29, 2017
In the A.A.U., women played for teams often sponsored by companies, like Hanes Hosiery, or by small colleges.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2016
Today, Cabot Hosiery and Darn Tough employs close to 150 people in Northfield, Vermont.
From Inc • Jun. 15, 2012
Mill owner Julian Carr went so far as to implement at his Durham Hosiery Mills a system of “industrial democracy” based on the U.S. federal government.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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