tent peg

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tent peg

noun tent pegs

A peg, driven into the ground, to hold a rope that supports a tent. Upon arrival at the campsite, they discovered that they had forgotten the tent pegs; they had to use rocks and logs to tether the tent instead.
Similar: spike, stake
Cockney, slang An egg.

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noun peg, to hold a rope that supports a tent

Español	estaca, piqueta
日本語	テント杭 tento-kui
Français	sardine
Deutsch	Erdnagel, Hering, Zelthering
Русский	ко́лышек kólyšek
العربية	وَتَد خَيْمَة watad ḵayma

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@misc{tent_peg_2026,
  title = {tent peg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tent%20peg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}