[Local variant of TILL v.] trans. To set (a trap or snare); to bait (a trap).
1862. Telegram (Yeovil), 15 Feb. The defendant … proceeded some distance lower, and tailed another trap.
1899. C. K. Paul, Memories, 250. To tail a trap, to set or bait it.
1901. Blackw. Mag., Nov., 691/1. There are the traps to tail.
