单词 | novillada |
释义 | novilladan. Bullfighting. A bullfight in which three-year-old bulls are fought by novice matadors. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > by novices novillada1897 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 152/2 Bulls for a novillada or second-rate bull-fight cost far less. 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon ii. 23 At a novillada the spectator may see the mistakes of the bullfighters, and the penalties that these mistakes carry. 1964 G. Erik Corrida v. 21 He can become a novice matador..fighting three year old bulls with picadors. Such fights are known as ‘corridas de novillos-toros’ or ‘novilladas’. 1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport i. 18 There will be novilladas, showcases for the aspiring young toreros of a given region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897 |
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