pegging out

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.
   • I was soon the proud possessor of a miner's right, and my claim was pegged out for me away on the reefs.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 145
2. (intransitive, slang) To die.
   • [T]hat day was the only holiday I had all the time I was in camp - except when I had the ‘grippe’ and nearly pegged out.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 80
3. (intransitive, croquet) To finish a game of croquet.
4. (cribbage) To move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win.
5. (transitive) To hang up (washing) using pegs.