bull-baitn.

/ˈbʊlbeɪt/

Etymology: < bull n.¹ + bait n.¹ III.

Obsolete or archaic.

= bull-baiting n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] > bull-baiting

bull-baiting1574

bull-running1622

bulling1645

bull-bait1656

bull run1788

bull-feast1824

bullfight1824

1656 W. Webb in Digby Myst. (1882) Introd. 28 This Maior..would not suffer any..Bull-bait.

1818 in Knight Once upon Time (1859) 485 Whenever a bull-bait has taken place here.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxiv. 124 Bull-baits and cock-fights, were prohibited.

figurative.17.. Douglas Trag. iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. i. 103/2 ‘O hold your hand, sweet William’, she said, ‘Your bull baits are wondrous sair’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	bull-bait
释义	bull-baitn. /ˈbʊlbeɪt/ Etymology: < bull n.¹ + bait n.¹ III. Obsolete or archaic. = bull-baiting n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] > bull-baiting bull-baiting1574 bull-running1622 bulling1645 bull-bait1656 bull run1788 bull-feast1824 bullfight1824 1656 W. Webb in Digby Myst. (1882) Introd. 28 This Maior..would not suffer any..Bull-bait. 1818 in Knight Once upon Time (1859) 485 Whenever a bull-bait has taken place here. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxiv. 124 Bull-baits and cock-fights, were prohibited. figurative.17.. Douglas Trag. iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. i. 103/2 ‘O hold your hand, sweet William’, she said, ‘Your bull baits are wondrous sair’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1656
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