peghead

plural pegheads

1. entertainmentThe part of a stringed instrument, at the end of the neck, that holds the pegs or mechanical tuners used to control string tension.

   Common throughout the Arab and Persian world, the oud is a fretless short-neck lute with a pear-shaped, flat top, rounded back, and a peghead characteristically bent backwards at a very sharp angle.

   2010, Randy Raine-Reusch, Play The World: The 101 Instrument Primer, Mel Bay Publications, →ISBN, page 22

   Synonyms: tuning head