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stockinet

British

/ ˌstɒkɪˈnɛt /

noun

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

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stockinet

By oxcart and on burro the peasants came in their red stockinet caps and baggy breeches.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Her mother—a sweet little lady of five— Vouchsafed her parental protection, And although stockinet Wasn't blue-blooded, yet She really could make no objection!

From Love-Songs of Childhood by Eugene Field

Either a round or an oblong hole may be cut in the stockinet, the round hole being three-fourths of an inch across, and the oblong three-fourths of an inch by one inch.

From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by Idabelle McGlauflin

In hot weather shirts of cotton gauze or a soft porous cotton stockinet are satisfactory.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

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