"tailpiece" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tailpieces [plural]
Etymology: From tail + piece. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tail|piece}} tail + piece Head templates: {{en-noun}} tailpiece (plural tailpieces)
  1. An appendage or appendix.
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  2. (music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument. Categories (topical): Lutherie, Music Translations (secures strings on a musical instrument): cordal [masculine] (Catalan), struník [masculine] (Czech), kordotenilo (Esperanto), kieltenpidin (Finnish), cordier [masculine] (French), Saitenhalter [masculine] (German), מִשְׁחָל [masculine] (Hebrew), húrtartó (Hungarian), cordiera [feminine] (Italian), ілгек (ılgek) (Kazakh), سیمگیر (sim-gir) (Persian), strunnik [masculine] (Polish), strunociąg [masculine] (Polish), płużka [feminine] (Polish), струнодержатель (strunoderžatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), жичњак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), žičnjak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), strunník [masculine] (Slovak), cordal [masculine] (Spanish), stränghållare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tailpiece-en-noun-jA2Qy93y Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 36 8 5 15 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 35 6 3 15 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 29 13 6 13 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 31 13 6 14 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 30 11 6 14 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 29 16 5 16 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 32 11 5 14 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 3 30 11 5 15 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 3 30 14 5 13 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 32 11 5 14 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 30 11 5 15 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 3 30 11 5 14 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 3 30 11 5 15 36 Topics: arts, crafts, entertainment, hobbies, lifestyle, lutherie, music Disambiguation of 'secures strings on a musical instrument': 1 51 9 6 10 22
  3. (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall. Categories (topical): Architecture
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  4. The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
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  5. The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
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  6. (printing) An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page. Categories (topical): Printing Translations ((printing) ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page): кінці́вка (kincívka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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Inflected forms

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        "(printing) An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page."
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      "sense": "secures strings on a musical instrument",
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      "sense": "secures strings on a musical instrument",
      "word": "سیمگیر"
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      "sense": "secures strings on a musical instrument",
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}

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