wrest pin


wrest pin

n. One of the pins to which the strings of a musical instrument, especially of a keyboard instrument, are attached and by turning which they are tuned.

wrest pin

n (Instruments) (on a piano, harp, etc) a pin around which one end of a string is wound: it may be turned by means of a tuning key to alter the tension of the string. In a piano the wrest pin is embedded in the wrest plank

peg

(pɛg)

n., v. pegged, peg•ging,
adj. n. 1. a cylindrical or tapered pin of wood, metal, etc., driven or fitted into something as a fastening, support or stopper. 2. a notch or degree: to come down a peg. 3. an occasion, basis, or reason: a peg to hang a grievance on. 4. one of the wooden or metal pins in the neck of a musical stringed instrument that are turned to adjust the pitch of the strings. 5. Informal. a leg. 6. Informal. a hard, accurate throw, esp. in baseball. 7. Brit. clothespin. 8. Brit. an alcoholic drink, esp. a whiskey or brandy and soda. v.t. 9. to fasten with or as if with pegs. 10. to mark with pegs. 11. to strike or pierce with or as if with a peg. 12. to keep (a price, exchange rate, etc.) at a set level. 13. Informal. to throw (a ball) forcefully. 14. Informal. to identify: to peg someone as a good prospect. 15. to base upon: The feature story was pegged on the riots. v.i. 16. to work persistently. adj. 17. Also, pegged. peg-top. [1400–50; late Middle English pegge (n.), peggen (v.) < Middle Dutch]