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单词 dog-draw
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dog-drawn.

Brit. /ˈdɒɡdrɔː/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡˌdrɔ/, /ˈdɑɡˌdrɑ/
Forms: see dog n.1 and draw n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.1, draw n.
Etymology: < dog n.1 + draw n. (compare earlier draw v. 52).
Now historical.
The act of ‘drawing after’ or tracking venison illegally killed or wounded, using a dog led by hand to follow the scent.
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1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xviii. §9. f. 114v Dogge draw is, where any man hath stricken or wounded a wild beast..and is found with a Hound or other Dogge drawing after him, to recouer the same.
1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Dogdraw, is a manifest deprehension of an offender against Venison in the Forest... Dog-draw is when one is found drawing after a Deer by the scent of a Hound that he leads in his hand, &c.
1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) iii. vi. 457 The Forrester may take and Arrest a Man, if he be taken either at Dog-draw, Stable-stand, Back-bear, or Bloody-hand.
1792 R. Burn New Law Dict. I. 78 Dog-draw, that is, drawing after a deer that he has hurt.
1863 O. Morgan & T. Wakeman Notes on Wentwood, Castle Troggy & Llanvair Castle 21 Dog-draw seems to mean tracking a wounded deer by means of a dog in a leash or cord, the man holding one end is drawn on by the dog following the scent.
2005 C. R. Vanden Bossche in T. Carlyle's Past & Present 479 (note) ‘Dogdraught’ may refer to ‘dog-draw’, which, in forest law, was the act of following a wounded deer using a dog led by the hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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