† netherstockn.
Obsolete (historical in later use).
A stocking. See also stock n.1 40, and upperstock n.. Usually in plural.In quot. 1608 in extended use with punning reference to stock n.1 8a.
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1535 Wardrobe Acct. Henry VIII in Archaeologia (1789) 9 251 A paire of upper stockis of purple veluette,..also..a newe paire of nether stockis.
1538 J. Husee Let. 29 Jan. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/12/40) f. 43 I can gett none more [scarlet kersey] then for one payre of hosyn, I mene the neyther stockes.
1565–6 Royal Proclam. Apparel 12 Feb. Any maner of sylke neatherstockes of Hosen.
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B4 A plaine payre of Cloth breeches..of white kersie.., the neather stocke of the same.
1607–8 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1905) II. 2 My best over hoose and my best netherstockes.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 196 When a mans ouer lusty at legs, Then he weares wooden neatherstockes . View more context for this quotation
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 436 Neither did they commonly wear breeches without netherstocks or slops.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. vii. 182 A dispute upon the preference due to the Spanish nether stock over the black Gascoigne hose.
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. vi. 170 A plain black shag gown untrimmed, with camlet netherstocks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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