stockinette

[ stok-uh-net ]

noun

1. Also stock·i·net. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
2. Also called stockinette stitch. Knitting. a knitting pattern made by alternating single rows of knit stitches and of purl stitches in such a way that all the knit stitches show on one side of the fabric and all the purl stitches on the other.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockinette¹

First recorded in 1775–85; earlier stocking-net

Example Sentences

Cast 20 stitches on one of your needles and knit in stockinette stitch for 15 rows.

From Popular-Science

They seem to be just long bags, nearly a yard long, of black stockinette stuff.

From Project Gutenberg

The knickerbockers in this case are made of red knitted stockinette instead of cloth.

From Project Gutenberg

In scarlet serge dress and cap of scarlet stockinette, she danced to the tinsel melody.

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Under the plaster, stockinette drawers are worn, and the bony prominences are padded with cotton wool.

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Fold shoulders tog, having buttonholes overlap the stockinette st band.

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