peg

• n. 釘；杭；言い訳；釘
• vt.制限する；釘を打つ
• vi.速いペースで歩く；疲れ知らずで何かをする
• adj.先が細いほど低い
• n.（ペグ）人の名前；（英）ペグ（女性のクリスチャン?ネーム、マーガレットの愛称）；（英）Peg.

中英語peggeから、原語ゲルマン語*pag, 杭、くさび、PIE *bak, 棒、研いだ杭から、語源は学士、細菌と同じ。派生語ペグ、コートフックなど。

peg (n.)

mid-15c., from Middle Dutch pegge "peg," a common Low German word (Low German pigge "peg," German Pegel "gauge rod, watermark," Middle Dutch pegel "little knob used as a mark," Dutch peil "gauge, watermark, standard"), of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *bak- "staff used as support" (see bacillus). To be a square peg in a round hole "be inappropriate for one's situation" is attested from 1836; to take someone down a peg is from 1580s, but the original literal sense is uncertain (most of the likely candidates are not attested until centuries later). Peg leg "wooden leg" attested from 1765.

peg (v.)

"fasten with or as if on a peg," 1590s, from peg (n.). Slang sense of "identify, classify" first recorded 1920. Related: Pegged; pegging.

1. To avoid damaging the tree，hammer a wooden peg into the hole.

木を壊さないようにハンマーで穴に栓を打ち込んだ。

2.His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.

彼の作業服はキッチンのフックに掛けられている。

3.I thought the oldest were going to peg out.

一番古い人たちは足を踏み外しそうだと思います。

4.Sam was left at the dinner table with Peg .

サムは、ペグと一緒に夕食を食べるために残された。

5. Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.

ピンで頭上に防護ネットを補強し、葉が落ちないようにする。