'To tail on' definitions:

Definition of 'To tail on'

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  • Tail \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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and was called on the next Parliament. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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