tailpiecen.

Brit.

/ˈteɪlpiːs/, U.S.

/ˈteɪlˌpis/

Forms: see tail n.¹ and piece n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tail n.¹, piece n.

Etymology: < tail n.¹ + piece n.

1. The piece of anything forming its tail or end; the piece at the end. Also figurative.Among technical uses are: the tail-pin of a lathe; in Mining, the perforated end of the tail-pipe of a pump, a snore-piece; in Stereotyping by the paper process, a piece of card-board or the like used to prevent the flow of the metal under the tail-end of the matrix; in Building, a piece inserted by tailing, a floor-timber of which one end rests on the wall; the last sclerite of the pygidium of an invertebrate; the narrow portion of a piano key.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cuts or parts of fish

jowlc1430

randa1432

poll1526

tailpiece1601

cod sound1699

fillet1725

shark-fin1793

skate-rumple1823

steak1883

flitch1884

shark's fin1933

toro1971

the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] > rear end

lag-end1598

back-enda1617

tailing1646

tail-end1747

rear end1785

tailpiece1786

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > other parts of

neck1611

tailpiece1786

soul1830

scroll1836

belly1843

sound-bar1884

tail-pin1884

saddle1899

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part

eveningOE

enda1200

eventide?c1225

finea1350

tail1377

latter (last) enda1382

issue1484

latter day?1498

waning1561

last days1572

heel1584

sunsetting1593

fall1596

lag-end1598

posterior1598

sunset1599

dotage1606

exit1615

stern1623

waning timea1639

last1683

heel piecea1764

shank1828

tail-end1845

tailpiece1869

tag1882

teatime1913

end-point1921

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xv. 243 In other fishes the taile-peece [Fr. la queue; L. caudam] is in greatest request.

1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Kk3^v Draw your Sturgeon;..cut your first and second Rand very fair, cutting the Tail-piece least.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (at cited word) Tail-piece, The thin, broad piece of ebony horizontally suspended over the lower end of a violin, and to which one end of the strings is attached.

1843 Peter Parley's Ann. 282 The chimney ended, as all chimneys do, with the sky for a tail~piece, and when Gibbo put his head out at the top, he..looked around him, and drew in a few breathings of pure air.

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tail-piece.., in a violin, a piece of ebony at the end of the instrument to which the strings are fastened.

1861 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. viii. ii. 332 A tube sliding easily within the tube to which the rack and pinion is attached, and called a tail-piece, is employed for first getting an approximate focus.

1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xxii. 177 It is called the ‘coda’, or ‘tail-piece’, of the fugue.

1890 Spectator 31 May Toplady's hymn [‘Rock of Ages’] was written as a tail-piece to a controversial article, in which Toplady discussed John Wesley's doctrines in the matter of faith and works.

1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 29 The ebony sharps and ivory tail-pieces were also shorter.

2. Printing. A small decorative engraving placed at the end of a book, chapter, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > head-piece or tail-piece

vinet1630

tailpiece1707

headpiece1713

vignette1751

headband1893

1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 14 Apr. (O.H.S.) II. 5 In the..Bible..are Curious..tayl-pieces.

1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) IV. iv. 190 Frontispiece and tailpiece to the catalogue of pictures exhibited in 1761.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. vi. 124 A view of this wreck..forms a tail-piece to the present chapter.

1895 C. R. B. Barrett Surrey iv. 101 My tail-piece to the last chapter has for its subject the back gables of..the Hall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tailpiece
释义	tailpiecen. Brit. /ˈteɪlpiːs/, U.S. /ˈteɪlˌpis/ Forms: see tail n.¹ and piece n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tail n.¹, piece n. Etymology: < tail n.¹ + piece n. 1. The piece of anything forming its tail or end; the piece at the end. Also figurative.Among technical uses are: the tail-pin of a lathe; in Mining, the perforated end of the tail-pipe of a pump, a snore-piece; in Stereotyping by the paper process, a piece of card-board or the like used to prevent the flow of the metal under the tail-end of the matrix; in Building, a piece inserted by tailing, a floor-timber of which one end rests on the wall; the last sclerite of the pygidium of an invertebrate; the narrow portion of a piano key. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cuts or parts of fish jowlc1430 randa1432 poll1526 tailpiece1601 cod sound1699 fillet1725 shark-fin1793 skate-rumple1823 steak1883 flitch1884 shark's fin1933 toro1971 the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] > rear end lag-end1598 back-enda1617 tailing1646 tail-end1747 rear end1785 tailpiece1786 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > other parts of neck1611 tailpiece1786 soul1830 scroll1836 belly1843 sound-bar1884 tail-pin1884 saddle1899 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part eveningOE enda1200 eventide?c1225 finea1350 tail1377 latter (last) enda1382 issue1484 latter day?1498 waning1561 last days1572 heel1584 sunsetting1593 fall1596 lag-end1598 posterior1598 sunset1599 dotage1606 exit1615 stern1623 waning timea1639 last1683 heel piecea1764 shank1828 tail-end1845 tailpiece1869 tag1882 teatime1913 end-point1921 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xv. 243 In other fishes the taile-peece [Fr. la queue; L. caudam] is in greatest request. 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Kk3^v Draw your Sturgeon;..cut your first and second Rand very fair, cutting the Tail-piece least. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (at cited word) Tail-piece, The thin, broad piece of ebony horizontally suspended over the lower end of a violin, and to which one end of the strings is attached. 1843 Peter Parley's Ann. 282 The chimney ended, as all chimneys do, with the sky for a tail~piece, and when Gibbo put his head out at the top, he..looked around him, and drew in a few breathings of pure air. 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tail-piece.., in a violin, a piece of ebony at the end of the instrument to which the strings are fastened. 1861 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. viii. ii. 332 A tube sliding easily within the tube to which the rack and pinion is attached, and called a tail-piece, is employed for first getting an approximate focus. 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xxii. 177 It is called the ‘coda’, or ‘tail-piece’, of the fugue. 1890 Spectator 31 May Toplady's hymn [‘Rock of Ages’] was written as a tail-piece to a controversial article, in which Toplady discussed John Wesley's doctrines in the matter of faith and works. 1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 29 The ebony sharps and ivory tail-pieces were also shorter. 2. Printing. A small decorative engraving placed at the end of a book, chapter, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > head-piece or tail-piece vinet1630 tailpiece1707 headpiece1713 vignette1751 headband1893 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 14 Apr. (O.H.S.) II. 5 In the..Bible..are Curious..tayl-pieces. 1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) IV. iv. 190 Frontispiece and tailpiece to the catalogue of pictures exhibited in 1761. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. vi. 124 A view of this wreck..forms a tail-piece to the present chapter. 1895 C. R. B. Barrett Surrey iv. 101 My tail-piece to the last chapter has for its subject the back gables of..the Hall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1601
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