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