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Definition of Tailpiece
1. Noun. Appendage added to extend the length of something.
Definition of Tailpiece
1. n. A piece at the end; an appendage.
2. n. A piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a lock to the latch bolt.
Definition of Tailpiece
1. Noun. An appendage or appendix ¹
2. Noun. (music) A triangular piece of metal or ebony to which the strings of a violin (etc.) are attached at the lower end ¹
3. Noun. (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tailpiece
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailpiece
Literary usage of Tailpiece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb, Augustine Birrell (1905)
"97 ' He must seize every occasion to inculcate something useful' 105 tailpiece—The
old and the new schoolmaster . . . 109 Headpiece—Valentine's day ..."
2. A Wonder-book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1892)
"102 tailpiece 108 THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES —Headpiece . . 109 Hercules and the
Nymphs 112 Hercules and the Old Man of the Sea 120 Hercules and Atlas 126 ..."
3. Sultan to Sultan: Adventures Among the Masai and Other Tribes of East Africa by Mary French-Sheldon (1892)
"tailpiece, Male Water Buck, or Kobus Sing-Sing. CHAFFER XV. ... tailpiece.
CHAPTER XVII. Initial Letter A, with Humming-Bird and Convolvulus. ..."
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