Panty hose | hosiery | Britannica (original) (raw)

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methods of knitting

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  In textile: Weft knitting
  Tights or panty hose are a combination of hosiery and underwear and can be fully fashioned. Seamless panty hose are made on circular hose machines modified to make very long stockings with open tops, two of which are cut open at opposite sides and seamed together front…
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types of hosiery

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  In hosiery
  …stockings into a single garment, panty hose and tights, that reached the waist and covered the feet, legs, and hips.
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