noun / verb
peg
PEG/peɡ/
A small pin used to secure, hang, or mark something.
A hooked peg anchors the tent's taut guyline in the soil.
Etymology
Middle Dutch pegge, or a similar Low German word, already meant a peg. English preserves that concrete sense of a pointed pin used for fastening or marking.
In context
they have a peg on the bottom so you can peg them onto the backpack
More examples
- She hangs her coat on a wooden peg by the door.
- We peg the tarp to the ground before the wind picks up.
- Small pegs mark the corners of the garden beds.
Forms
peg · pegs · pegged · pegging