noun a piece at the end; an appendage.
2. tailpiece ·add. ·noun a piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a lock to the latch bolt.
3. tailpiece ·add. ·noun the part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, ·etc.
4. tailpiece ·noun an ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.
5. tailpiece ·noun one of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. ·see ·illust. of header.
6. tailpiece ·noun a piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.