A form of entertainment which involved setting dogs to attack a captive bear.
〈史〉纵狗斗（困）熊（一种娱乐方式）
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He was interested in social transformation, was anti-slavery, against bear-baiting and badger fighting - he was even relatively pro-women's rights.
If the right to hunt foxes is a question of civil liberties, so is the right to organise bear-baiting and cockfights.
For English readers, the depictions of the explicit cruelty of forced animal against animal combat may also have been reminiscent of accounts of English bear-baiting and added an element of class bias.
They made bear-baiting illegal for the pleasure it gave to the spectators.
Without such ‘interference’ down the ages we'd be now living in a society that celebrates bear-baiting, cock-fighting and organised dog fights.
Some say that it is nearer to bear-baiting than your actual sport and, I am forced to admit, sometimes blood has been drawn.
Can we have dog-fighting and bear-baiting back please?
Gorboduc was doing poor business at The Globe, and people were obsessed with cock-fighting and bear-baiting and didn't give a fig for the live theatre.
Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post.
Since bear-baiting was abolished they've all gone.
Humanitarians and Evangelicals sought to abolish pastimes such as cock-fighting and bear-baiting.
The council should be aware that enunciating this name has become a pub sport, alongside bar billiards, pool, darts, bear-baiting, dominos and international cricket.
How long before we accept bear-baiting and cock-fighting because it's accepted by certain cultures?
The Left are true descendants of Cromwell's Puritans and their attitude to bear-baiting.
Southwark has long been the dark side of London, with the southern banks of the Thames home to brothels, bear-baiting and some bloke called William Shakespeare.
It has got to be as terrific for the emotional growth of Britain's young people as, say, bear-baiting was for the Elizabethans.
By the time of Elizabeth's death in 1603, Tudor England still had bear-baiting, cock-fighting and what were known as bear-gardens.
With bear-baiting, the bear is chained to a pole and the spectators are locked in the Bear Garden ostensibly for their own protection.
Amid the federal election's accusations and recriminations, snake bites and bear-baiting, a bit of mirth did manage to sneak in.
These appear to be a 21st century version of bear-baiting.