bandog
/ˈbandɒɡ
/noun
A fighting dog bred for its strength and ferocity by crossing aggressive breeds.Caliban emerges as superior to these worldlings, but Prospero sends his bandogs after him notwithstanding....
- Small ‘pitbull’ type dogs are used for illegal matching and dog fighting, and not large, man-stopping bandogs.
Origin
Middle English (originally denoting a dog kept on a chain or ‘band’): from band1 + dog.