tailer noun. ['teɪlǝ] M19.
[from TAIL verb² + -ER¹.]
1. A person who tails something; spec. a follower, a hanger-on. Now rare or obsolete. M19.

2. Angling.
a. A fish that tails. L19.
b. A device with a metal loop used for landing large fish by the tail. M20.

3. A person who follows, drives, or tends sheep or cattle. Also, a straggling animal. Austral. L19.

Comb.:
tailer-out Austral. & NZ a person who guides timber coming off a saw.

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