socketedadj.
/ˈsɒkɪtɪd/ 1. Fitted with or placed in a socket.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > in a socket
socketed1649
the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > having a socket
socketed1712
1649 in Archaeol. X. 404 Two whyte marble colums or pillers, soccated in two foote stepps of black marble.
1712 J. Warder True Amazons 9 His Tongue being not long enough to reach the Honey out of the socketed Flowers.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. App. x. 246 So that the socketed arrangement is not seen.
1871 Archaeologia 43 446 Two celts, one at least socketed, were found at Hagbourn,..with a socketed spear-head of bronze.
1877 I. Rosenthal Gen. Physiol. Muscles & Nerves 95 All these tensions must combine to press together the socketed parts.
2. Golf. Of a ball or shot: that has been played off the socket.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > types of stroke
heeled1887
lofted1887
sliced1890
sclaffy1896
foozled1899
lofting1905
duffed1906
holeable1909
socketed1911
explosive1912
chipped1916
fluffed1923
missable1924
bump-and-run1978
1911 C. Leitch Golf for Girls 86 At the finish of a socketted shot.
1922 C. Leitch Golf 98 The more socketed shots I see played, the more I am convinced that the cause is to be found in the arm action.
1963 P. Campbell How to become Scratch Golfer v. 57 Tom's contribution is a socketed recovery shot out of the bushes.
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