stirrup stocking

English

Noun

stirrup stocking (plural stirrup stockings)

(now historical) A type of stocking with no foot, just a strap passing under the foot.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
  He could let me have a pair of coarse, but clean, stirrup-stockings, if I pleased.

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