stockinet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of stockinet
C19: perhaps changed from earlier stocking-net
Example Sentences
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All day and all night delirious crowds paraded, cavorted, gyrated in the streets with red stockinet "liberty caps" on their heads.
From Time Magazine Archive
By oxcart and on burro the peasants came in their red stockinet caps and baggy breeches.
From Time Magazine Archive
For riding during the hot weather in India and other tropical countries, a very useful garment is a Norfolk jacket in cream stockinet, which can be purchased ready-made.
From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)
The trousers may mach the habit or may be of stockinet, or the imported cashmere tights may be worn.
From In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda by Browne, Theo. Stephenson
The nightgowns should be made of soft cotton flannel or stockinet.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
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