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stocking

hosiery that covers the feet and legs to the knee or higher
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stocking

Summary

stocking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,946 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • stocking is a type of hosiery[2].
  • stocking's Commons category is recorded as Stockings[3].
  • stocking's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[4].
  • stocking's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[5].
  • stocking's different from is recorded as Bas[6].

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Definition and Type

stocking is a type of hosiery[2].

Why It Matters

stocking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,946 views/month).[1] stocking has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] stocking is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Bas
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge
    Local thumb → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541680405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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