Endpin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.

    "Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance."

  2. 2
    Synonym of endbutton.

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endbuttonspike

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"Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance."

Etymology

From end + pin.

Related phrases

double bass

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