bandog

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The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited until the keeper entered, leading his bandog, a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name But it befell this.

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  1. noun A dog, such as a mastiff, kept chained as a watchdog or because of its ferocious aggressiveness.

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  1. Middle English band-dogge : band, leash, chain; see band1 + dogge, dog; see dog.

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  1. Middle English band dogge, etc.; from band + dog.
 

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/ˈbændɑg/
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