bull-bait Obs. or arch.
(ˈbʊlbeɪt)
[f. bull n.1 + bait n.1 III.]
= bull-baiting.
| 1656 W. Webb in Digby Myst. (1882) Introd. 28 This Maior..would not suffer any..Bull-bait. 1818 in Knight Once upon Time (1859) 485 Whenever a bull-bait has taken place here. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. II. xxiv. 124 Bull-baits and cock-fights, were prohibited. |
| fig. 17.. Douglas Trag. iv. in Child Ballads i. 103/2 ‘O hold your hand, sweet William’, she said, ‘Your bull baits are wondrous sair’. |