单词 | bandog |
释义 | bandogn. a. originally. A dog tied or chained up, either to guard a house, or on account of its ferocity; hence gen. a mastiff, bloodhound. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > restrained tie-dogc1290 bandogc1425 chain dog1895 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > watch-dog or guard dog tie-dogc1290 porter?a1425 bandogc1425 house dog1577 mâtin1579 housekeeper1607 watchdoga1616 watch-mastiff1778 yard-dog1795 guard dog1796 big dog1833 prowl dog1974 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > guard dog > tied or chained up tie-dogc1290 bandogc1425 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > giant breeds > mastiff mastiffa1387 bandogc1425 mastiff houndc1450 mastin1484 mastiff cur1522 grand-hound1548 mastiff bitch1604 Molossus dog1607 molossus1623 watch-mastiff1778 c1425 in Wright Voc. 187 Molosus, band-dogge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 43 Bondogge [1499 bonde dogge], Molosus. ?1562 Thersytes sig. A.iii The bandogge Cerberus from hell he bare awaye. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. iii. vii. 44 The mastiffe, tie dog, or banddog, so called bicause manie of them are tied up in chaines..for dooing hurt abroad. 1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge iv. iii. 55 As fierce as a Bandog that has newly broke his chain. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. xxxvi. 265 As the bull, at bay, Tosses the ban-dogs from his way. b. figurative; also in to speak bandog and Bedlam: i.e. furiously and madly. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > be delirious or rave ravea1325 varya1525 wanderc1540 delire1575 to speak bandog and Bedlam1600 taver1808 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [noun] > person or being wolfa900 liona1225 wild manc1290 boar1297 fell1340 tiger?a1513 centaur1565 wolver1593 to speak bandog and Bedlam1600 vulture1605 killbuck1612 man-tigera1652 Tartar1669 hyena1671 dragoon1712 vampire1741 Huna1744 panther1868 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C2v O master, ist you that speake bandog and bedlam this morning? 1610 R. Davies Chesters Triumph sig. C3 Thou envious Bandogge, speake and doe thy worst. 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 376 Letting loose Satan, his band-dog, to..molest the godly. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. vii. 175 He was usually spoken of as the ban dog of Burgundy, or the Alsatian mastiff. c. attributive or appositive. ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) v. sig. H2 Bitten with bandogge fleaes. 1629 H. Burton Babel No Bethel Ep. Ded. sig. **2 All the band-dog heresies of hell were let loose. Draft additions 1997 b. A cross-breed of large, ferocious dog, produced by crossing American pit bull terriers with (usually) Neapolitan mastiffs; a dog of this cross-breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > miscellaneous types of bear dog1581 xoloitzcuintli1780 St. Bernard1839 Maori dog1840 Leonberg1907 Rottweiler1909 Dobermann pinscher1917 corgi1926 Bernese mountain dog1935 kuvasz1935 Bernese1936 Entlebucher1937 Munsterlander1945 spinone1945 Swedish Vallhund.1947 labradoodle1955 xolo1956 cockapoo1960 maltipoo1968 peekapoo1968 Rottie1968 dorgi1975 Shar-Pei1976 bandog1984 goldendoodle2001 1984 C. Semencic World of Fighting Dogs 209 About 15 years ago a veterinarian by the name of Swinford began a breeding program which was ultimately to produce the greatest of all protection dogs... Unfortunately Swinford died at an early age, and his Bandog was never perfected as purebred. 1984 C. Semencic World of Fighting Dogs 209 The Bandog, also sometimes known as the Swinford Bandog, or the American Mastiff, is currently produced in different ways. 1990 Evening Standard 6 Mar. 15/1 Dog breeders are mating what the RSPCA describe as the world's most savage dog, the American pit bull terrier with Rottweilers, mastiffs and Rhodesian Ridgebacks to produce terrifying beasts called Bandogs. 1991 Independent 22 May 3/1 A ban was imposed at midnight last night on the import of American pit bull terriers, Japanese tosas and ban dogs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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