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tailpiece definition

tail·piece (tāl′pēs′)

noun

  1. a piece or part added to, or forming the end of, something
  2. the small triangular piece of wood at the lower end of a violin, cello, etc., to which the strings are attached
  3. a short beam or rafter with one end tailed in a wall and the other supported by a header
  4. Printing an ornamental design put at the end of a chapter or at the bottom of a page

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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