netherstock

English

Etymology

From nether- +‎ stock.

Noun

netherstock (plural netherstocks)

1. A stocking.
2. (historical) A 16th-century stocking reaching above the knee and worn with upperstocks.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

     when a man is over-lusty at legs, then he wears wooden nether-stocks

Related terms

• netherstocking