Definition

Adjective: * Wearing stockings but not shoes: Describes a person whose feet are covered by stockings, tights, or socks, but who is not wearing any footwear over them.

Usage

The adjective "stockinged" is used to describe feet that are clad only in stockings or similar legwear. It is most commonly found in the phrase "stockinged feet" or "stockinged foot." It often implies quiet movement, informality, or being in a private, indoor space.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She tiptoed across the cold floor on her stockinged feet.
  • The children were told to leave their muddy shoes at the door and play in their stockinged feet.
  • He sat by the fire, wiggling his stockinged toes to warm them up.

Advanced Usage

• "in one's stocking(ed) feet": This is a common idiomatic phrase meaning "wearing only stockings/socks and no shoes." The forms "stocking feet" and "stockinged feet" are both used.
  • The suspect was arrested in his stockinged feet.
  • She is almost as tall as her brother when she is in her stocking feet.

Variants and Related Words

• Stocking (n): A close-fitting, often sheer garment covering the foot and leg, sometimes held up by a garter. Also used more generally for long socks or tights.
• Barefoot (adj/adv): With the feet uncovered by any footwear. This is an antonym in terms of foot covering, though both describe a state of being without shoes.
• Socked (adj): An informal, modern equivalent more commonly used when referring to feet covered by socks rather than formal stockings.
  • He padded into the kitchen in his socked feet.

Synonyms

• In stockings
• In socks
• Unshod (though this more precisely means barefoot or without any foot covering)

Related Phrases

• Stocking cap: A long, conical knitted cap.
• Stocking filler / stocking stuffer: A small gift placed inside a Christmas stocking.

Adjective

1. wearing stockings
   • walks about in his stockinged feet