A dog kept tied or chained up, either to guard a house, or because fierce; = bandog, n. (In last quot. figurative.)
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > restrained (3) tie-dogc1290 A dog kept tied or chained up, either to guard a house, or because fierce; = bandog, n. (In last quot. figurative.) bandogc1425 originally. A dog tied or chained up, either to guard a house, or on account of its ferocity; hence gen. a mastiff, bloodhound. chain dog1895 (a) a dog restrained by a chain; (b) a chain having at each end a ‘dog’ or hook, which is driven into logs to fasten them together into a raft (Fu… |
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