wrest pin

noun

1. peg ( def 5 ).

wrest pin

noun

1. (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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wrest pin¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

The strings passing through holes bored through the little bridges, called agraffes, or studs, turned upward toward the wrest-pin.

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