tailpiece

IPA: tˈeɪɫpis

An appendage or appendix.
(music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
(architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
(printing) An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.

Examples of "tailpiece" in Sentences

It has a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece.
Note the absence of fine tuning pins on the tailpiece.
Attached to the opposite end of the head is the tailpiece.
I put a snob sticker on my tailpiece but it dissolved in rain.
The stopbar tailpiece is meant to be adjusted for string tension.
The rear tailpiece was dropped in place of a painted rear fender.
The tailpiece and endpin are found in the lower part of the cello.
It has the recognizable Dean headstock and the V shaped tailpiece.
The sticker on the tailpiece of my hardtail clashes with everything.
Drawing the bow across the tailpiece creates a very quiet resonant sound.
A double cylinder lock constructed with a single tailpiece driver and a clutch.
The tailpiece is adjustable for height relative to the upper surface of the box.
I'm having difficulty getting a 'current' standard Lebeda tailpiece which is a much bigger problem,
One of Bewick's specialties was the tailpiece, a small spot illustration filling the empty space at the end of a chapter.
In truth, the Cold War was a tailpiece of World War II in Europe, and thus Eisenhower's labors flowed naturally from Roosevelt's.
I shall add strings so that there are twelve, some attached to the tailpiece and some on the fingerboard, in perfect and consummate harmony.
Cryptic BBC 2 'Newsnight' tailpiece squeeezed in at the end was on the BURQA after long rambling repeat of BBC propaganda about 'climate change again.