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An ending ornament — one or two notes at the end of a trill that lead smoothly into the next note. Literally "after-stroke."
A trill with a Nachschlag has two small notes at its end — typically stepping down then back up to the destination note. It provides a graceful conclusion to the trill. Some composers write the Nachschlag out; others expect performers to add it by convention.
Mozart's trills conventionally include a Nachschlag even when not written — the turn at the end of the trill that smooths the transition to the next note.
Nachschlag is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
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