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What (who) is TAILPIECE - definition
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PART
Tail piece
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tailpiece
¦ noun
1. the final or end participle
the piece at the base of a stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
2. a small decorative design at the foot of a page or the end of a chapter or book.
a part added to the end of a piece of writing.
Tailpiece
·noun A piece at the end; an Appendage.
II. Tailpiece ·add. ·noun A piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a lock to the latch bolt.
III. Tailpiece ·add. ·noun The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, ·etc.
IV. Tailpiece ·noun An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.
V. Tailpiece ·noun One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. ·see ·Illust. of Header.
VI. Tailpiece ·noun A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.
Cul-de-lampe (typography)
DECORATION AT END OF A SECTION OF TEXT
A cul-de-lampe is a typographic ornament, sometimes called a pendant, specifically a tailpiece in the shape of a triangle marking the end of a section of text. It may be a single illustration or assembled from fleurons.
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Tailpiece
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A tailpiece is a component on many stringed musical instruments that anchors one end of the strings, usually opposite the end with the tuning mechanism (the scroll, headstock, peghead, etc.).
Examples of use of TAILPIECE
1. After the affair came out, Gloria rang me as a chum and said, quite reasonably, we‘d have to film a tailpiece as the situation had changed.