noun
pegbox
The pegbox of a shamisen or similar stringed instrument, where the tuning pegs are housed.
三味線の糸倉に糸巻きが並んでいる。
The tuning pegs are lined up in the shamisen's pegbox.
Compound of 糸 (ito, 'string') and 倉 (kura, 'storehouse'), referring to the part of a stringed instrument that houses the tuning pegs. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.