(n.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lord Falconer, Labour’s lord chancellor when Ripa was introduced, added: “If the police’s cockeyed view of Ripa is right then whistleblowers beware.
(2) But the eurozone's implosion isn't only the result of a cockeyed, one-size-fits-all currency structure that was always going to buckle and fracture under pressure.
(3) But for large parts of southern Europe in particular, restructuring this cockeyed currency union, which has entrenched economic stagnation, is anyway essential.
Cockhead
Definition:
(n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.