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Definition of Faena
1. Noun. (bullfighting) a series of passes performed by a matador with a muleta or a sword before the kill ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faena
1. a series of passes made by a matador in a bullfight [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faena
Literary usage of Faena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Andes of Southern Peru: Geographical Reconnaissance Along the Seventy by Isaiah Bowman (1916)
"For every hundred faena Indians there are five or six regular laborers on the
plantations, so with the short term passed by the faena Indians their number ..."
2. The Journal of Dr. John Morgan, of Philadelphia, from the city of Rome to by John Morgan (1907)
"At 4 o'clock PM We proceeded to faena, ab't 23 miles further on towards Bologna,
... Set out on our Journey this Morning from faena ab't 7 o'clock, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells (1873)
"This has often been tried, but has almost always failed, except where the faena
are very narrow, for as the wound cicatrizes, the parts in its vicinity ..."
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