endpin means the spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
noun
- The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.“Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance.”
- Synonym of endbutton.