tail·piece

[teyl-pees]
noun
1.
a piece added at the end; an end piece or appendage.
2.
Printing. a small decorative design at the end of a chapter or at the bottom of a page.
3.
(in a musical instrument of the viol family) a triangular piece of wood, usually of ebony, to which the lower ends of the strings are fastened.
4.
Also called tail beam. Building Trades. a relatively short beam or rafter inserted in a wall by tailing and supported by a header.

Origin:
1595–1605; tail1 + piece

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tailpiece (ˈteɪlˌpiːs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  an extension or appendage that lengthens or completes something
2.  printing a decorative design at the foot of a page or end of a chapter
3.  music a piece of wood to which the strings of a violin, etc, are attached at their lower end. It is suspended between the taut strings and the bottom of the violin by a piece of gut or metal
4.  architect Also called: tail beam a short beam or rafter that has one end embedded in a wall

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Example sentences
Stainless steel braided flexible water lines and added tailpiece for drain
  shall be furnished.
One thing he in particular did not want to be doing was shoveling the belt line
  around the stacker-blender tailpiece.
Tailpiece shall be equipped with fixed chrome strainer.
Condensate may terminate indirectly into a properly trapped and vented plumbing
  receptor or directly into its tailpiece.
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