stockinette
noun
stock·i·nette ˌstä-kə-ˈnet 
variants or stockinet
: a soft elastic usually cotton fabric used especially for bandages and infants' wear
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The team performed experiments with a Jersey stitch knit (aka a stockinette), a widely used and simple knit consisting of a single yarn (in this case, a nylon thread) forming interlocked loops. —
Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024 The best costume is the cheap, ordinary stockinette suit, which clings close to the figure, and the closer the better. —Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023 The hospital provides her with rolls of white stockinette stitch fabric — which is the optimal material to regulate body temperature in babies — and Shaffer purchases her own blue and pink ribbon at Walmart to add a personal touch. —Washington Post, 2 July 2021 The entire costume was very easy to create and wear: a white blouse, anklet stockinettes with stripes, navy slacks, gloves, a scarf and a fantastic wig. —Martha Stewart, star-telegram, 7 Oct. 2017 Pretty crescent shawl with oodles of soothing stockinette stitch. —Mary Mooney, OregonLive.com, 17 Aug. 2017
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Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024 The best costume is the cheap, ordinary stockinette suit, which clings close to the figure, and the closer the better. —Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023 The hospital provides her with rolls of white stockinette stitch fabric — which is the optimal material to regulate body temperature in babies — and Shaffer purchases her own blue and pink ribbon at Walmart to add a personal touch. —Washington Post, 2 July 2021 The entire costume was very easy to create and wear: a white blouse, anklet stockinettes with stripes, navy slacks, gloves, a scarf and a fantastic wig. —Martha Stewart, star-telegram, 7 Oct. 2017 Pretty crescent shawl with oodles of soothing stockinette stitch. —Mary Mooney, OregonLive.com, 17 Aug. 2017
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stockinette
noun
stock·i·nette
variants or stockinet
: a soft elastic usually cotton fabric used especially for bandages
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