Stockings are a close-fitting knitted covering for the legs and foot. Formerly stockings were made of cloth, then later silk and man-made fabric such as nylon. Queen Elizabeth I was presented by Mistress Montague with a pair of black knit silk stockings, which so pleased her that afterwards she refused to wear cloth stockings ever again. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/PS.HTM
Term for the gleanings; see there. Gleanings In many countries it is or was an old custom to give the (overlooked) grapes remaining on the vines after the grape harvest (main harvest) to the public, or to allow this gleaning for certain groups of people such as the poor or children. In some wine-growing areas it was common practice to delibera... Found on https://glossary.wein.plus/stockings