Sock
A sock is a tubular cover with one end closed, usually made of a cloth or knitted. It encloses the foot up to the calf of the leg, adding warmth and is the interface between the foot and the shoe or boot. Socks can be found in many colours, thicknesses and lengths. Stockings are long socks. Pippy Long Stocking is a famous children’s adventure character who wore stockings up to the top of her legs
Sock on the nose is a term used by stamp collectors to indicate that the cancel mark put on by the post office was placed on the center of the stamp, on the nose if you will. Because cancelling stamps was done by hand it was rare that the cancellation would be sock on the nose, so those stamps are considered more rare and thus more valuable. This is different from a sock in the nose, being hit with a fist. Ouch
When we sock it to ’em, we really show our stuff and maybe win a contest by a wide margin. It means to give our all and triumph. A wind sock is a tapered tubular cloth (usually) that is mounted on a pole in a way that it can rotate its direction when the wind blows through the wide end and stretches the sock out. It shows the way the wind is blowing. A sock hop is a dance in a room that we are not to wear shoes
Socks have been around a long, long time. Some artifacts show that socks were around in the years between 300 and 500. It is estimated that socks, made from animal hair or leather, have probably always been around, since they help maintain warmth of the foot and a cushion, especially for the heel, when walking. The earliest socks had a split on the toe end to facilitate wearing with sandals. That is a fashion no, no these days
As the sock is made longer it becomes a stocking. Hockey players wear a stocking to help keep their shin and knee pads in place, plus, of course to show their uniform colours and look cool. Hmmm? Hockey players wear stockings. Women wear stockings (nylon). So, are women hockey players or vice versa. Nowadays, yeah, both and…. We who are Canadian even enjoy a Gold medal in woman’s hockey, so there