Peg
/pɛɡ/noun
A small pointed wooden or metal pin used to fasten, hang, or support something.
Did you know?The exact origin of English *peg* is uncertain, but it appears in Middle English as a word for a pointed pin or stake, and its spread helped anchor a whole family of everyday fastening words.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
ME
pegge
“A peg, pin, or small pointed stake”
Early Modern English
English
peg
“A small wooden or metal pin for fastening or hanging”
Modern English
English
peg
“A small pointed fastener; by extension, a fixed value or a place-marker”
Modern English
English
peg out
“To mark out with pegs; later, to die or fail”