machine head

noun

1. a metal peg-and-gear mechanism for tuning a string on an instrument such as a guitar

Example Sentences

Corey Taylor, Royal Blood, Machine Head, and Pantera, are also among the first wave of artists announced for next June's event.

From BBC

Members of Slipknot, Machine Head, Anthrax and other bands also paid tribute; the band Code Orange wrote: “You made a huge dent in heavy music history that will last for ever.”

From The Guardian

“In the last seven days, Mr. Lauda was kept alive only by a pump, a sort of heart-lung machine,” head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery Walter Klepetko said in a television interview released by Austria’s Oe24 on Friday.

From Reuters

There are also new entries for US rap group Migos, at number four; blues duo Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa at seven; and Californian heavy metal outfit Machine Head at 12.

From BBC

As if that weren’t novel enough, he can strap himself into his machine - head down, legs in the air - to make upside-down pottery upside down.

From Washington Times