peghead means the part of a stringed instrument, at the end of the neck, that holds the pegs or mechanical tuners used to control string tension. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Etymology
From peg + head.
noun
- The part of a stringed instrument, at the end of the neck, that holds the pegs or mechanical tuners used to control string tension.“Common throughout the Arab and Persian world, the oud is a fretless short-neck lute with a pear-shaped, flat top, rounded back, and a peghead characteristically bent backwards at a very sharp angle.”