stocking mask

American  

noun

1. a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.

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stocking mask British  

noun

1. a nylon stocking worn over the face by a criminal to disguise the features

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Other Word Forms

• stocking-masked adjective

Etymology

Origin of stocking mask

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

DNA testing revealed that Tribble could not have contributed hairs found in what police said was a stocking mask worn by the attacker and left near the crime scene — even though at trial, the FBI declared the hairs microscopically matched Tribble’s, and prosecutors suggested the odds of a mismatch were “one . . . in 10 million.”

From Washington Post

Authorities said two female students reported that a man wearing a hooded black sweatshirt and a stocking mask approached them about 9:15 p.m. on the campus in West Long Branch, pulled out a handgun and demanded their cellphones.

From Washington Post

Investigators say Hart had spotted the intruder, who was wearing a stocking mask, trying to break in and had called her father for help.

From Washington Times

Mr Christie QC told the court that, as Mr Mardon lay in a pool of blood, Mr Simms, wearing a stocking mask over his face, demanded to know "where the safe was", or he would kill him.

From BBC

He was freed in May of 2006 after a mitochondrial DNA test on the hairs found on the robber’s nylon stocking mask conclusively excluded him as the perpetrator.

From Slate