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Definitions for: Silk Stocking [n] women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
Webster (1913) Definition: Silk"-stock`ing, a.
Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly worn
chiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly
dressed; aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men,
often by way of reproach.
[They] will find their levees crowded with
silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of
officers without soldiers. --Jefferson.
Synonyms: nylon stocking, nylons, rayon stocking, rayons
See Also: stocking
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