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tailing

[tey-ling]

noun

  1. the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.

  2. tailings,

    1. Building Trades.,  gravel, aggregate, etc., failing to pass through a given screen.

    2. the residue of any product, as in mining; leavings.



tailing

/ ˈteɪlɪŋ /

noun

  1. the part of a beam, rafter, projecting brick or stone, etc, embedded in a wall

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tailing1

First recorded in 1640–50; tail 1 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

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Apart from some surveillance, tailing suspects, one fatal encounter and an occasional chase, there’s little in the way of capital-A Action, mostly just a lot of talk — inquisitive, instructive, threatening, discursive, domestic or speechifying.

"The tailings release and breach was promptly brought under control within hours of detection," the firm said in a statement on 3 September.

From BBC

A few months later, undercover Internal Affairs detectives began tailing the two involved officers — something that Garza and Gonzalez both claimed they were kept in the dark about.

The spill happened when a tailings dam, used to store toxic waste and heavy metals, collapsed into the Kafue River, a key drinking water source, following heavy rain.

From BBC

On June 12, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accompanied ICE agents to Huntington Park, with a film crew tailing her.

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