socket joint (so ket joint)

A ball-and socket joint; an enarthrodial articulation, or enarthrosis, as those of the shoulder and hip. socket-pipe (sok'et-pīp), n. A joint of pipe with a socket at one end, usually intended to receive the small end of another similar joint. socket-washer (sok'etwosh"èr), n. A washer with a countersunk face to receive the head of a bolt, etc.; a cup-washer. E. H. Knight. Ն Socket-pipe. a, length of socket-pipe; ing piece; d, elbow. b, branch-piece; c, connect