hosel

[ hoh-zuhl ]

noun

, Golf.

1. the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hosel¹

1895–1900; hose + -el diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

It featured an offset hosel that provided golfers a clean view of the face, and lines parallel to the face to help in squaring the putter to the ball.

From BBC

He was in a bunker right of the green and hit it off the hosel of the club at a 45-degree angle away from the pin, over the green.

From Seattle Times

“I came down and it didn’t move and I presented hosel first and shanked it.”

From Seattle Times

“My back was spasming the last couple holes and it was locking up. I came down and it didn’t move and I presented hosel first and shanked it.”

From Seattle Times

It snags in thick rough, but much good it does Europe, the grass strangling Casey’s hosel and sending the ball into a hazard even further right.

From The Guardian