chin rest

American  

noun

1. a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.

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Example Sentences

D.I.Y. makers have turned old cloth masks into all sorts of things, including chin rests for violins and doll clothes.

From New York Times

A chin rests on a hand before the shoulders rise and fall in a perfunctory sigh.

From New York Times

The younger man let his chin rest on his chest as the message sank in.

From Washington Post

The string section—violins and violas, cellos and basses—are composed almost entirely of carbon compounds: Wooden belly, fingerboard, sound post, pegs and tailpiece; gut strings, horsehair bow and plastic chin rest.

From Scientific American

Its chin rest is made of the same—what your cheek would be if it could.

From Literature