tailing
verbnounattested in dialogue
The act of following someone.
verb
- 1
Also a form of tailpresent participle and gerund of tail
noun
- 1
The act of following someone.
- 2
The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
[…]iron Bar forming a Tailing for the stones which lie in the doorways
- 3
obsoleteThe lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
- 4
A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.
Forms
- plural
- tailings