tailing
noun
- act of secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone
Wiktionary
noun
- The act of following someone.
- 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”
- The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
- A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.
verb
- present participle and gerund of tail