Associations to the word «Tailpiece»
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Wiktionary
TAILPIECE, noun. An appendage or appendix.
TAILPIECE, noun. (music) (lutherie) A triangular piece of metal or ebony to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end.
TAILPIECE, noun. (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
TAILPIECE, noun. The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
TAILPIECE, noun. The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
Dictionary definition
TAILPIECE, noun. Appendage added to extend the length of something.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.