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.] 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.] --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.