bandog

[ ban-dawg, -dog ]

/ ˈbænˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg /

any dog, as a mastiff or bloodhound, kept tied or chained.

Origin of bandog

First recorded in 1250–1300, bandog is from the Middle English word band-dogge. See band³, dog

Mastin, a mastiue or bandog; a great country curre; also a rude, filthie, currish or cruell fellow.

The Master of Game |Second Duke of York, Edward
In the neighbourhood of this ton or dun of Elbo there are persistent traditions of a spectral hound or bandog.

Archaic England |Harold Bayley
Bandog, ban′dog, n. a dog tied up as a watch-dog, or because of its ferocity.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) |Various
A bandog, as the name imports, was a dog so fierce, as to require to be chained up.

The Plays of Philip Massinger |Philip Massinger

Had you been bitten with Bandog fleas, as I have been, and haunted with the night Mare.

Wit Without Money |Francis Beaumont