puntillan.

Brit.

/pʊnˈtiː(j)ə/, U.S.

/pʊnˈti(j)ə/

Forms: 1800s– puntilla, 1900s– puntillo (irregular).

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish puntilla.

Etymology: Apparently < Spanish puntilla (although this is first attested slightly later in this sense: 1843; c1550 in sense ‘little point’) < punta (see point n.¹) + -illa -illa suffix. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (punti·l^ya) /punˈtiʎa/.

Bullfighting.

A dagger used to administer the coup de grâce to the bull.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > equipment

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1838 Q. Rev. Oct. 419 The butchers..are able infallibly to dart the ‘puntilla’ into the spine.

1924 E. Hemingway In our Time 23 One of the cuadrilla leaned out over his neck and killed him with the puntillo.

1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xvi. 187 [The] San Sebastian monosabios should be, by rights, policemen... They carry..puntillas, broad-headed knives.

1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 21 The death of the bull at the butcher's puntilla was incidental to the central ritual.

2004 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 11 July h3 A white-shirted functionary hurries in and jabs a small knife called a puntilla into the base of the bull's neck.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puntilla
释义	puntillan. Brit. /pʊnˈtiː(j)ə/, U.S. /pʊnˈti(j)ə/ Forms: 1800s– puntilla, 1900s– puntillo (irregular). Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish puntilla. Etymology: Apparently < Spanish puntilla (although this is first attested slightly later in this sense: 1843; c1550 in sense ‘little point’) < punta (see point n.¹) + -illa -illa suffix. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (punti·l^ya) /punˈtiʎa/. Bullfighting. A dagger used to administer the coup de grâce to the bull. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > equipment rejon1692 muleta1791 banderilla1797 media luna1838 puntilla1838 pic1926 vara1932 1838 Q. Rev. Oct. 419 The butchers..are able infallibly to dart the ‘puntilla’ into the spine. 1924 E. Hemingway In our Time 23 One of the cuadrilla leaned out over his neck and killed him with the puntillo. 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xvi. 187 [The] San Sebastian monosabios should be, by rights, policemen... They carry..puntillas, broad-headed knives. 1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 21 The death of the bull at the butcher's puntilla was incidental to the central ritual. 2004 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 11 July h3 A white-shirted functionary hurries in and jabs a small knife called a puntilla into the base of the bull's neck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838
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