tailpiece

noun
tail·​piece | \ ˈtāl-ˌpēs How to pronounce tailpiece (audio) \

Definition of tailpiece

1 : a piece added at the end
2 : a device from which the strings of a stringed instrument are stretched to the pegs — see violin illustration
3 : an ornament placed below the text matter of a page

Examples of tailpiece in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The High Freq boasts a dramatic Honduran mahogany body and feathers from Crocker’s cockatoo on the headstock and tailpiece. AL.com, "Alabama blues icon tells the secrets behind his guitars," 23 June 2017

First Known Use of tailpiece

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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