(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. / An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.

(law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.

(transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously. / (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into

(law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.

simple past tense and past participle of tail

(often in combination) Having a tail. / (entomology) Of certain butterflies, having one or more filamentous projections on the tornal section of each hind wing.

(transitive, architecture) To fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support.

(Chinese astronomy) A Chinese constellation coinciding with the tail of Scorpius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and the tail of Azure Dragon.

plural of tailing

(slang) Clipping of tailcoat. / The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar. / (mining) Tailings; waste. / (alcohol production) Tailings, feints.