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bayonet socket

noun

  1. a cylindrical socket having one or more L -shaped slots, the longer side parallel and the shorter side perpendicular to the axis of the socket, along which a knoblike projection on the object slides in such a way that a twist of the object when fully inserted locks it into place.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bayonet socket1

First recorded in 1890–95

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