hosiery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   socks, stockings, tights, and similar close-fitting garments for the feet and legs, considered collectively

   The department store displayed hosiery beside shoes and other accessories.

2. 2
   noun

   the manufacture or sale of socks, stockings, and related knitted garments

   The town once supported a large hosiery industry.

Formed from hosier, 'a maker or seller of hose,' + -y. Hosier derives from hose, which historically named close-fitting coverings for the legs before narrowing to stockings and related garments.

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