bandog, banddog, banddogge, bondedog

[O. Eng. band bound, and dog.] A dog of such a character as to require the restraint of a band; a large, fierce dog requiring to be kept chained. Specially, according to Harrison, a mastiff; and, according to Bewick, a cro between the mastiff and the bull-dog. "Bonde-dog: molo us."- Prompt . Pare. "Half a hundred good band -dogs Came running o'er the lea." Robin Hood , ii. 64. ( Boucher .) "We have great ban - dogs will teare their skinne." Spenser: Shep. Cal ., ix. băn'-do-lëer, băn'-de-liër, băn-dileer, s . [In Dut. and Ger. bandelier; Sw. bantler ; Fr. bandoulière ; Sp. bandolera ; Port. bandoleira; Ital. bandolier a ; from Fr. bande , Ital. banda a band. Named from having been fastened by a broad band of leather.] A large leathern belt worn in med iæval times by BANDOLEER. musketeers. One end pa ed over the right shoulder, whilst the other hung loose under the left arm. It sustained the musket, and had dependent from it twelve charges of powder and shot put up in small wooden boxes. "He lighted the match of his bandelier , And wofully scorched the hackbut teer." Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel, iii. 21. * băn-đồn, * băn-doun, * bâun-doun (0. Eng .) băn'-down (0. Scotch ), s. [O. Fr. & Prov. band on =command, orders, dominion.] [ABANDON.] 1. Command, orders, dominion. "Alangst the land of Ro he roars, And all obey'd at his bandown, Evin frae the North to Suthren shoars. Battle of Harlaw , st. 7. Evergreen, i. 81. ( Jamie son .) 2. Disposal. "For bot he the wise folke and unwise Were wholly to her band on brought, So well with yeftes hath she wrought." Rom. of the Rose, 1,168.