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(music, lutherie) A cord which loops through the tailpiece and around the endpin of stringed musical instruments, and which is held at tension by a knot to secure the tailpiece to the body, traditionally made only of gut but now also made of nylon, wire and other synthetic materials..
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Tailgut means (music, lutherie) A cord which loops through the tailpiece and around the endpin of stringed musical instruments, and which is held at tension by a knot to secure the tailpiece to the body, traditionally made only of gut but now also made of nylon, wire and other synthetic materials..
Common synonyms include tailcord, tail cord, postcloacal gut, postanal gut.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use tailgut where its definition matches the intended context.
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