1. Bearbaiting synonyms, Bearbaiting pronunciation, Bearbaiting translation, English dictionary definition of Bearbaiting

2. BearBaiting, the setting of dogs on a bear or a bull chained to a stake by the neck or leg

3. The Puritan hated Bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators

4. Bearbaiting ( countable and uncountable, plural Bearbaitings ) A blood sport in which dogs are set upon a chained bear quotations

5. Bearbaiting, alternatively Bullbaiting, the setting of dogs on a bear or a bull chained to a stake by the neck or leg

6. Bullbaiting, along with bullrunning (in which the bull was run down and killed by humans), bearbaiting, cockfighting, and dogfighting, was prohibited in Great Britain by an act of Parliament in 1835.

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8. 1858, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England ‎ [1]: But Bearbaiting, then a favourite diversion of high and low, was the abomination which most strongly stirred the wrath of the austere sectaries.

9. Bullbaiting, along with bullrunning (in which the bull was run down and killed by humans), bearbaiting, cockfighting, and dogfighting, was prohibited in Great Britain by an act of Parliament in 1835

10. In the 1600s[2], bulldogs were used for Bullbaiting (as well as bearbaiting), a wagering sport popular in the 17th century in which trained bulldogs leapt at a bull lashed to a post, latched onto its snout and attempted to suffocate it.

11. Bearbaiting, alternatively bullbaiting, 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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