peg

Everyday

1. A peg is a small hook or stick on a wall for hanging things, like coats. tree →
2. A clothes peg is a small clip for hanging washing on a line. tree →
3. A tent peg is a pointed stick pushed into the ground to hold a tent. tree →
4. (verb) To peg is to fasten something with pegs. tree →
5. A peg can also be a wooden pin that you pull to open a latch or door. tree →

In the lessons

Used at school: children hang coats and bags on their peg. In everyday life: pegging out washing. Camping: hammer in the tent pegs. Maths: pegboards for patterns. Phrase: "take someone down a peg" means make a proud person less proud.

Examples

• Hang your coat on your peg. tree →
• Pass me the pegs so I can hang up the washing. tree →
• We hammered the tent pegs into the ground. tree →
• Mum pegged the sheets on the line. tree →
• My peg has my name and a picture on it. tree →
• The pirate had a wooden peg leg. tree →
• Make a pattern on the pegboard with coloured pegs. tree →
• Little Red Riding-Hood pulled the peg, and the door opened. tree →

Note

Countable: a peg, two pegs. Verb doubles the g: pegged, pegging. US "clothespin" = UK "clothes peg".

In Jewish tradition

A firm nail or pin fixed in a wall, or a tent peg. Here it means a person set in a secure position of trust.

Interpretation. The "peg" is Eliakim, a trusted servant of the king. The tradition reads it as a picture of a loyal leader on whom the household depends.

Examples

• And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of honour to his father's house. (Prophets ISA.22.23, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: a peg, two pegs. Verb doubles the g: pegged, pegging. US "clothespin" = UK "clothes peg".