Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The lower part of the hose or legcovering, as distinguished from the trunk-hose, or thigh-covering: usually in the plural.
- noun The stocking as distinguished from the breeches: usually in the plural.
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Examples
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She had a fine gown on her back, and a passing nether-stock.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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a dispute upon the preference due to the Spanish nether-stock over the black Gascoigne hose, and mine host had just winked to the guests around him, as who should say, “You will have mirth presently, my masters,” when the trampling of horses was heard in the courtyard, and the hostler was loudly summoned, with a few of the newest oaths then in vogue to add force to the invocation.
Kenilworth 2004
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The pedlar and he were closely engaged in a dispute upon the preference due to the Spanish nether-stock over the black Gascoigne hose, and mine host had just winked to the guests around him, as who should say, "You will have mirth presently, my masters," when the trampling of horses was heard in the courtyard, and the hostler was loudly summoned, with a few of the newest oaths then in vogue to add force to the invocation.
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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Spanish nether-stock over the Gascoigne hose, although thou seest how well the French hose set off the leg and knee, being adorned with parti-coloured garters and garniture in conformity.”
Kenilworth 2004
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Here was a rogue pedlar but now was crying up the old-fashioned Spanish nether-stock over the Gascoigne hose, although thou seest how well the French hose set off the leg and knee, being adorned with parti-coloured garters and garniture in conformity. "
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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January 30, 2013