dogdraw

English

Etymology

dog +‎ draw

Noun

dogdraw (uncountable)

(UK, obsolete) The pursuit of deer with a dog.
- 1598, John Manwood, Treatise of the Forest Laws:
  Dogge draw is, where any man hath stricken or wounded a wild beast‥and is found with a Hound or other Dogge drawing after him, to recouer the same.

References

“dogdraw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

God draw, Godward, dogward, god draw

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