bull-baiting

A form of bullbaiting — An old blood sport involving the baiting of bulls with dogs.

Meanings

nounbull-baiting (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of bullbaiting.

    Between the nearby church and the school house, a stone slab is all that is left of a former bull-baiting ring.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 174
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