tagging

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags. [1913 Webster]

He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To join; to fasten; to attach. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster]

3.To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play. [1913 Webster]