rat-baiting en · NOUN
Etymology
From rat + baiting.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A blood sport involving the setting of dogs upon rats in a rat pit.
His sporting enthusiasms had already embraced yachting, coaching, fencing, and spectatorship at boxing-matches, cock-fights, dog-fights, and rat-baitings.
1937, Dixon Wecter, The Saga of American Society:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rat-baitings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |