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bear⋅bait⋅ing

  [bair-bey-ting]
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–noun
the former practice of setting dogs to fight a captive bear.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME. See bear 2 , baiting

Related forms:
bearbaiter, noun
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bear·bait·ing   (bâr'bā'tĭng)   
n.  The practice of setting dogs on a chained bear.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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bearbaiting

the setting of dogs on a bear or a bull chained to a stake by the neck or leg. Popular from the 12th to the 19th century, when they were banned as inhumane, these spectacles were usually staged at theatre-like arenas known as bear gardens.

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