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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tailpiece \Tail"piece`\, n.
1. A piece at the end; an appendage.
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2. (Arch.) One of the timbers which tail into a header, in
floor framing. See Illust. of Header.
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3. (Print.) An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page
to fill up the space, or at the end of a book. --Savage.
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4. A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower
end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the
strings are fastened.
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5. (Locks) A piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a
lock to the latch bolt.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6. The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device
for the eyepiece, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet tailpiece
n : appendage added to extend the length of something

Moby Dictionary
accession , accessory , accompaniment , addenda , addendum , additament ,
addition , additive , additory , additum , adjunct , adjuvant ,
afterpart , afterpiece , anacrusis , annex , annexation , appanage ,
appendage , appendant , appurtenance , appurtenant , attachment ,
augment , augmentation , back , back door , back seat , back side ,
bass passage , behind , bourdon , breech , bridge , brush , burden ,
cadence , cauda , caudal appendage , caudation , chorus , coda ,
complement , concomitant , continuation , corollary , cue , development ,
division , dock , exposition , extension , extrapolation , fantail ,
figure , fixture , folderol , harmonic close , heel , hind end ,
hind part , hindhead , increase , increment , interlude , intermezzo ,
introductory phrase , measure , movement , musical phrase ,
musical sentence , occiput , offshoot , ornament , part , passage ,
pendant , period , phrase , pigtail , posterior , postern , queue ,
rattail , rear , rear end , rearward , refrain , reinforcement ,
resolution , response , reverse , ritornello , section , side effect ,
side issue , stanza , statement , stern , strain , stub , supplement ,
tab , tag , tail , tail end , trail , trailer , train , tutti ,
tutti passage , undergirding , variation , verse , wake