combined all the attributes of a successful tailer—iron legs and arches, the considerable acting ability a man must have to make himself unnoteworthy, and a sixth sense of anticipation—Joel Sayre
b
: one that follows
especially: one that rounds up or drives on the stragglers of a herd
c
: one that removes products from the discharge end of a machine (as a lathe, wrapping machine, or wet machine)
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a
: a fish that tails
b
: a device that closes a metal loop around the tail of a fish (as a salmon) and is used in landing it
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