stockinet

British  

/ ˌstɒkɪˈnɛt /

noun

1. a machine-knitted elastic fabric used, esp formerly, for stockings, undergarments, etc

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Etymology

Origin of stockinet

C19: perhaps changed from earlier stocking-net

Example Sentences

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)

He wore a pair of dingy white stockinet pantaloons, which had much ado to reach his waistcoat; a great quantity of dirty cravat; and a pair of old russet-colored tragedy boots.

From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington

Otherwise the "clockings" in the black stockinet would have lost their value.

From Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches by Stuart, Ruth McEnery