tailpiece

English

The tailpiece of a violin: ②.

Etymology

tail +‎ piece

Noun

tailpiece (plural tailpieces)

An appendage or appendix.
(music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
(architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.

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
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

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Manx: ^{(please verify)} arbylane m

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