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.

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

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)