Sock or socks (inter alia)? (7)
I believe the answer is:
clobber
'sock' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clobber that I've seen before include "Clothes - hit" , "Whitewash" , "what one barely lacks" , "duds" , "Severely criticise" .)