Noun
A piece at the end; an appendage.
One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.
An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.
A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA brass wolf tone eliminator typically placed on the G string (second string from the left) of a cello, between the bridge and the tailpiece. Source: Internet
All the parts of a double bass are glued together, except the soundpost, bridge, and tailpiece, which are held in place by string tension (although the soundpost usually remains in place when the instrument's strings are loosened or removed). Source: Internet
A wolf tone eliminator is used to lessen unwanted sympathetic vibrations in the part of a string between the bridge and the tailpiece which can cause tone problems for certain notes. Source: Internet
In it, he makes use of extended instrumental techniques (for example, playing behind the bridge, bowing on the tailpiece). Source: Internet
Modern cellos often have fine-tuners connecting the strings to the tailpiece, which make it much easier to tune the instrument, but such pins are rendered ineffective by the flexibility of the gut strings used on Baroque cellos. Source: Internet
He eventually had the guitar's natural alder body refinished in black, and made other modifications including the fitting of a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and regularly changing the control knobs. Source: Internet