Editing Stocking (section)

==Terminology==
[[Image:Fishnet stockings from below.jpg|right|thumb|alt=A pair of legs with fishnet stockings|150px|[[Fishnet]] hosiery]]
In modern usage, ''stocking'' specifically refers to the form of hosiery configured as two pieces, one for each leg (except for American and [[Australian English]], where the term can also be a synonym for [[pantyhose]]). The terms ''hold-ups'' and ''thigh highs'' refer to stockings that stay up through the use of built-in elastic, while the word ''stockings'' is the general term or refers to the kind of stockings that need a suspender belt (garter belt, in [[American English]]), and are quite distinct from [[tights]] or pantyhose (American English).

Other terms used with stockings include:
* Cuban heel: A stocking with a heel made with folded over and sewn reinforcement.
* Demi-toe: Stockings which have a reinforced toe with half the coverage on top as on the bottom. This results in a reinforcement that covers only the tip of the toes as opposed to the whole toe. These can be with or without a reinforced heel.
* [[Denier (measure)|Denier]]: The lower the denier number the sheerer the garment. Stockings knitted with a higher denier tend to be less sheer but more durable.
* [[Fishnet (material)|Fishnet]]: Knitted stockings with a very wide open knit resembling a [[fish net]].
* Fencenet: Similar to fishnet, but with a much wider pattern. These are sometimes worn over another pair of stockings or pantyhose, such as matte or opaque, with a contrasting colour. Sometimes referred to as whalenets.
* [[Kit (association football)|Football stockings]]: typically made out of heavy cotton or a thick, durable synthetic fabric that reaches the knee.<ref>''[http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Articles/History.htm A Brief History of Football Kit Design in England and Scotland]''
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* [[Fully fashioned stockings|Full Fashioned]]: Fully fashioned stockings are knitted flat, the material is then cut and the two sides are then united by a seam up the back. Fully fashioned stockings were the most popular style until the 1960s.
* [[Hold-ups]] (British English) or [[Stay-ups]]: Stockings that are held up by sewn-in elasticated bands (quite often a wide lace top band). In the US they are referred to as thigh-highs.
* [[Knee highs]]: Stockings that terminate at or just barely below the knee. Also known as half-stockings, trouser socks, or socks.
* Matte: Stockings which have a dull or non-lustre finish.
* Mock seam: A false seam sewn into the back of a seamless stocking.
* Nude heel: Stockings without reinforcement in the heel area.
* Opaque: Stockings made of yarn which give them a heavier appearance (usually 40 denier or greater).
* Point heel: in a Fully Fashioned stocking it is a heel in which the reinforced part ends in a triangle shape.
* RHT: Abbreviation of reinforced heel and toe.
* Open-toed: Stockings that stop at the base of the toe with a piece that goes between the first and second toes to hold them down. They can be worn with some open-toed shoes, especially to show off pedicured toes.
* Sandalfoot: Stockings with a nude toe, meaning no heavier yarn in the toe than is in the leg. They are intended to be worn with sandal or open-toe shoes.
* [[Fully fashioned stockings|Seamed]]: Stockings manufactured in the old Full-Fashioned manner with a seam running up the back of the leg. In the past they were manufactured by cutting the fabric and then sewing it together.
* Seamless: Stockings knit in one operation on circular machines (one continuous operation) so that no seaming is required up the back.
* Sheers: Stockings generally of a 15 to 20 denier.
* Contrast Tops: Stockings with a different colour top to the main stocking, such as black tops with a natural beige colour stocking 
* Stocking Feet: Shoeless feet covered by stockings or socks.
* [[File:14 Strap Suspender Belt.jpg|thumb|14 Strap Burlesque style Suspender Belt]][[Suspender belt]] ([[British English]]) or [[Garter belt]] (American English): a belt with straps to keep stockings (not hold-ups) in place: usually they have 4 or 6 straps, but may have from 8 to as many as 14 straps. Suspender Belts with 12 or 14 straps are often associated with the Burlesque style and era. 
* [[Ultra sheer]]: A fine denier fiber which gives the ultimate in sheerness. Usually 10 denier but can be as low as 1 denier.
* Welt: A fabric knitted separately and machine-sewn to the top of a stocking. Knit in a heavier denier yarn and folded double to give strength for supporter fastening.