tent-pegs

Johansen, besides his packing, was occupied in making weights and tent-pegs.

The South Pole~ The End of the Winter 2009

Luckily for our tent-pegs, this ice was not of the bright, steely variety; it was more milky in appearance and not so hard, and we were thus able to knock in the pegs with the axe.

The South Pole~ Through the Mountains 2009

During the night a gale sprang up from the south-east, and blew so that it howled in the guy-ropes of the tent; it was well that the tent-pegs had a good hold.

The South Pole~ Through the Mountains 2009

The tent-pegs Johansen made were the opposite of what such pegs usually are; in other words, they were flat instead of being high.

The South Pole~ The End of the Winter 2009

Snow fell, the wind was strong and keen, and our tent-pegs were only kept down by heavy stones.

Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004

The tent-pegs Johansen made were the opposite of what such pegs usually are; in other words, they were flat instead of being high.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

Luckily for our tent-pegs, this ice was not of the bright, steely variety; it was more milky in appearance and not so hard, and we were thus able to knock in the pegs with the axe.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

During the night a gale sprang up from the south-east, and blew so that it howled in the guy-ropes of the tent; it was well that the tent-pegs had a good hold.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

The tent-pegs were weighted with camel-boxes against the storm; nevertheless, our mess-tent was levelled in a moment by the howling north-easter — warm withal — which, setting in about midnight, made all things uncomfortable enough.

The Land of Midian 2003

It is made of seven or eight hard-wood slats, pinned with bamboo tacks to transverse banana trunks lying on the ground: like the grande caisse, it is played upon with sticks, plectra like tent-pegs.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003