tailpiece

English

The tailpiece of a violin: ②.

Etymology

From tail +‎ piece.

Noun

tailpiece (plural tailpieces)

1. An appendage or appendix.
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.
3. (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
4. The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
5. The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
6. (printing) An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.

   Coordinate term: headpiece

Translations

secures strings on a musical instrument

• Catalan: cordal m
• Czech: struník (cs) m
• Esperanto: kordotenilo
• Finnish: kieltenpidin (fi)
• French: cordier (fr) m
• German: Saitenhalter (de) m
• Hebrew: מִשְׁחָל m
• Hungarian: húrtartó (hu)
• Italian: cordiera f
• Kazakh: ілгек (ılgek)
• Persian: سیم‌گیر (sim-gir)
• Polish: strunnik m, strunociąg m, płużka f
• Russian: струнодержатель m (strunoderžatelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: жичњак m

  Roman: žičnjak m

• Slovak: strunník m
• Spanish: cordal m
• Swedish: stränghållare (sv) c
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} chỗ mắc dây

(printing) ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page

• Ukrainian: кінці́вка (uk) f (kincívka)

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• Manx: ^{(please verify)} arbylane m