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Definition of Banderilla
1. Noun. A decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight.
Definition of Banderilla
1. n. A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight.
Definition of Banderilla
1. Noun. (bullfighting) A stick with a sharp end and a decorated end, which a bullfighter stick into the bull's back. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Banderilla
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banderilla
Literary usage of Banderilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1832)
"The banderilla is a small staff about two feet long, furnished at one extremity with
... The light banderilla remains in front of the animal, passes his arm ..."
2. Festivals, Games, and Amusements. Ancient and Modern. by Horace Smith, Samuel Woodworth (1831)
"The banderilla remained steady until the horns of the bull were within a few
inches of his breast, when, inclining his body a little to the right, ..."
3. First Spanish Readings by John Ernst Matzke (1897)
"The banderilla is a stick about two feet long, wrapped with colored paper, and
provided at ... The placing of the banderilla is the second act of the drama, ..."
4. The Family Library (Harper). by Child Study Association of America Book Review Committee (1847)
"The banderilla remained steady until the horns of the bull were within a few
inches of his breast, when, inclining his body a little to the right, ..."
5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1834)
"Sometimes, on remarkable occasions, the shaft of the banderilla ha« ... The point
of the banderilla, when it strikes, cuts the knot which closes the net, ..."