stocking

1. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.

   a pair of stockings

2. A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
3. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

1. To have on hand for sale.

   The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.

2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.

   to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools

3. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
4. To put in the stocks as punishment.
5. To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
6. To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.

noun

A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.