A tent peg is the spike hammered in to hold a rope to the ground. Hammer in the tent pegs, a bent tent peg, pull out the tent pegs.
It should go in at an angle leaning away from the tent, since a peg driven straight down pulls out. The type matters more than campers expect, and a thin steel tent peg is useless in sand or in soft ground.
1nountent pegThe spike hammered in to hold a rope to the ground.
“Hammer each tent peg in firmly, or the wind will lift the whole thing.”
tent peg is a peg.
Practised in Camping & Outdoors, Circus & Fairground