TAILPIECE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A piece at the end; an appendage.

2.
n.

One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.

3.
n.

An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book. Savage.

4.
n.

A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.


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