Sentence:  It was enough for people to know that at one time he had looked down the street at the fleshy suppleness of a woman he had consumed - watching her become thinner and thinner in the distance , as thin as the seams on her <WSD>stockings</WSD> , and still thinner . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)