stocking

close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)

the activity of supplying a stock of something

A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.

Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking; as: (a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse. (b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.