TAIL (4)

Tail, v. t. 1. 1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and was called on the next Parliament. Fuller. 2. 2. To pull or draw by the tail. Hudibras.
To tail in or on (Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a timber.