peg

Noun

• a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

• regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

• a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

• informal terms for the leg
  • fever left him weak on his sticks
    

• small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

• a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

Verb

• stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
  • The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar
    

• fasten or secure with a wooden pin
  • peg a tent
    

• pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

• succeed in obtaining a position
  • He nailed down a spot at Harvard
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pin , thole , tholepin , rowlock , oarlock , wooden leg , leg , pegleg , stick , nog , peg down , nail down , nail