pickguard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of durable flat material placed on the body of a guitar (or similar instrument) beneath the strings to protect the surface from being scratched by a plectrum (or similar device).

Word forms

pickguard pickguards

Etymology

From pick + guard.

Synonyms

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.