Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Muzzled bull-dog
subs. phr. (nautical).—See quot.
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1867. W. H. SMYTH, Sailor’s Word-Book. Boll-dog or MUZZLED BULL-DOG, the great gun which stands housed in the officer’s ward-room cabin. General term for main-deck guns.
