1. a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating; [syn: sustaining pedal, loud pedal]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sustaining pedal
n 1: a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings
and so allows them to continue vibrating [syn: sustaining
pedal, loud pedal]