DOG-DRAW

dog-draw.Hist. The apprehension of someone chasing a deer in a forest with a dog.

“Dog-draw is an apparent deprehension of an offender against venison in the forest. There are

four  kinds  of  them  observed  by  Manwood,  part. 2,  cap. 18,  num.  9,  of  his Forest  Laws, that  is,

dog-draw,  stable-stand,  back-bear,  and  bloody-hand.  Dog-draw  is,  when  one  is  found  drawing

after a deer by the scent of a hound led in his hand.” Termes de la Ley 181 (1st Am. ed. 1812). [Blacks Law 8th]