chin rest

1. 1.

   a rest on which a violinist can place the chin

   Broaderrest

   Part ofviolin

Questions about chin rest

What does chin rest mean?

chin rest means "a rest on which a violinist can place the chin".

Is chin rest a common word?

chin rest is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.