n An object or part thereof resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails or other multi-tail whip.
n The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
n (cricket) The last four or five batsman | batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
n (chiefly|in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
v (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into