socket
noun
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
socketing
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present participleof socket.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Tom Kettering returned at the appointed time, to a minute, and took no notice of his own arrival beyond socketing his whip in its stall, in token of its abdication.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
