Socks, maybe churchwarden's gardening gear (8)
I believe the answer is:
hosepipe
'gardening gear' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'socks maybe churchwarden's' is the wordplay.
'socks maybe' becomes 'hose' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'maybe' bit.).
'churchwarden' becomes 'pipe' (I've seen this in other clues).
'hose'+'pipe'='HOSEPIPE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hosepipe that I've seen before include "Use this in garden" , "Flexible watering tube" , "It's used in watering" , "it will water garden" , "Firefighting equipment" .)