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▪ I. bolero|bɒˈlɛərəʊ, bəˈlɪərəʊ|
[Sp.]
1. A lively Spanish dance; also the air to which it is danced.
1787J. Townsend Journ. Spain (1792) I. 331 The happiness to see Madame Mello dance a volero. 1809Byron Ch. Har. i. lxxxiv. (1st draught) Wks. 1846 14/1 note, She mingles in the gay Bolero [rime-wd. hero]. a1845Hood Drink. Song iii, The jigs, the boleros, fandangos, and jumps. 1862Athenæum 25 Jan. 111/3 The Fandango and Bolero are only a more decent form of an originally African dance..the Bolero was invented in 1780.
fig.1869Ld. Lytton Orval 165 The new dance of the Libertines! Freedom's bolero.
2. (Also ˈbɒlərəʊ.) A short jacket coming barely to the waist; worn by men in Spain; applied to a similar garment worn by women elsewhere, usually over a blouse or bodice. Also attrib.
1892[see toreador c]. 1893Daily News 1 Apr. 2/4 The Zouave is quite as popular as it was last year... Sometimes it is pure bolero. 1899Westm. Gaz. 6 July 3/2 Robbing the coat of its basque has created..the bolero corsage, really an actual bodice, though appearing a bolero coat and skirt. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny ix. 151 He wore a suit of coarse brown ducking, the coat being a sort of rakish bolero. 1924Countries of World 2495/2 Farmers and peasants..with wide-brimmed black felt hats, boleros, coloured sashes, and tight-fitting trousers. 1941‘R. West’ Black Lamb I. 407 The boleros the women wore over their white linen blouses. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 35 Bolero, a short jacket reaching to the waist, worn open over a blouse..sleeved or sleeveless..worn by Spanish dancers and bullfighters.
▪ II. boˈlero, v. nonce-wd.
To dance a bolero.
1834Beckford Italy II. 364 Thirteen or fourteen couples started, and boleroed and fandangoed away. |