stockinette

American  

[stok-uh-net] / ˌstɒk əˈnɛt /

noun

1. Also stockinet 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.

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Etymology

Origin of stockinette

First recorded in 1775–85; earlier stocking-net

Example Sentences

It debuted during the 2016 presidential election, and features a skull-and-crossbones motif — the skull in a stockinette stitch, and the bones, a crochet hook and a knitting needle.

From New York Times • May 8, 2020

She wore a loose stockinette brown dress and looked rather like a wood elf of sorts with her golden-brown hair and eyes.

From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.

But first must be drawn on the silk or stockinette knickerbockers which in the 1910 woman replaced the piteously laughable drawers of the Victorian period.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir

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

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

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

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)