stirrup stocking

English

Noun

stirrup stocking (plural stirrup stockings)

1. (now historical) A type of stocking with no foot, just a strap passing under the foot.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     He could let me have a pair of coarse, but clean, stirrup-stockings, if I pleased.