stocking-foot

Noun

 * 1) The part of socks, stockings, hosiery, or other flexible footwear that surrounds the foot.
 * Experienced fly-fishers prefer stockingfoot waders.
 * 1) * 1847,, , Chapter XIX
 * I gave her a shilling. She put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket, and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand. I did. She arched her face to the palm, and pored over it without touching it.
 * 1) An unshod foot clad only in socks, stockings, or other hosiery.