n.
- a hollow in which something fits or revolves.
▸the part of the head of a golf club into which the shaft is fitted.
- an electrical device receiving a plug or light bulb to make a connection.
v.
(sockets, socketing, socketed)
- place in or fit with a socket.
- Golf, dated shank (a ball).
Etymology
ME: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. dimin. of OFr. soc ‘ploughshare’, prob. of Celtic origin.