tracking

tracking
Track Track, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tracked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tracking}.] To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow. [1913 Webster]

It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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