PEGBOX

Meaning of PEGBOX in English

/peg"boks'/ , n.

the widened end of the neck of a stringed instrument, to which the tuning pegs are fixed.

[ 1880-85; PEG + BOX 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PEGBOX — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the open part of the head in a stringed musical instrument in which pegs are set
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PEGBOX — ■ noun a structure at the head of a stringed instrument where the strings are attached to the tuning pegs.
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