Stocking \Stock"ing\, n. Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking; as:
   (a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse.
   (b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Stock \Stock\ (st[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stocked (st[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Stocking.]

1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.

2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.

3. To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.

4. To put in the stocks. [R.]

--Shak.

To stock an anchor (Naut.), to fit it with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.

To stock cards (Card Playing), to arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes. [Cant]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Stocking \Stock"ing\, n. [From Stock, which was formerly used of a covering for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or upper stocks, and stockings, or nether stocks.]

A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.

Blue stocking. See Bluestocking.

Stocking frame, a machine for knitting stockings or other hosiery goods.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Stocking \Stock"ing\, v. t. To dress in GBs. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)