support stocking

1. 1.

   elasticized stocking intended to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg (as in case of varicose veins)

   Synonymssupport hose

   Broaderstocking

Questions about support stocking

What does support stocking mean?

support stocking means "elasticized stocking intended to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg (as in case of varicose veins)".

What is another word for support stocking?

Close synonyms include support hose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is support stocking a common word?

support stocking is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.