endpin

Etymology

end + pin

noun

1. (music, lutherie) 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. July 8, 2007, Jesse Green, “Let Her Entertain You. Please!”, in New York Times
2. (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton.