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Meaning of Tailing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The act of following someone.
  2. The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
  3. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
    obsolete
  4. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

Equivalents

العربية التعقّب
Deutsch Beschattung
Bahasa Indonesia ampas
日本語 尾行 追尾
Svenska skuggning

Examples

“[…]iron Bar forming a Tailing for the stones which lie in the doorways”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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