1. the part of a stringed instrument (such as a violin or guitar) that contains the tuning pegs
Usage: musical instruments

Examples

• The violin’s pegbox was beautifully carved with decorative scrollwork.
• She carefully turned the peg in the pegbox to tune the guitar string.
• The luthier replaced the damaged pegbox on the old cello.
• Each string passes through the pegbox before winding around its tuning peg.
• The pegbox houses all four tuning pegs on a standard violin.
• He noticed one of the pegs in the pegbox was loose and needed tightening.