tailing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of tail

noun

1. The act of following someone.
2. 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”

3. (obsolete)The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
4. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.