peg out

English

Verb

peg out (third-person singular simple present pegs out, present participle pegging out, simple past and past participle pegged out)

1. (transitive) To mark (a territory or area) with pegs. [from 19th c.]
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 145:

     I was soon the proud possessor of a miner's right, and my claim was pegged out for me away on the reefs.

   • 1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 261:

     After the plans have been approved, the company [Railway Survey Company, Royal Engineers] will peg out the work on the ground, and give levels during the construction period.

2. (slang, intransitive) To die. [from 19th c.]
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 64:

     I don't know what they went to ask her for; but Percy and Harold didn't peg out.

3. (croquet, intransitive) To finish a game of croquet. [from 19th c.]
4. (cribbage) To move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]
5. (transitive) To hang up (washing) using pegs. [from 20th c.]

Translations

Mark a territory with pegs

• German: abstecken (de), auspflocken

To die

• German: sterben (de), abkratzen (de), hops gehen

To hang up washing

• German: aufhängen (de)