muleta
noun
mu·le·ta mü-ˈlā-tə 
myü-
: a small cloth attached to a short tapered stick and used by a matador in place of the large cape during the final stage of a bullfight
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Would a toreador be insulted when the bull responds to the muleta? 
Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2019
Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2019 Word History
Etymology
Spanish, crutch, muleta, diminutive of mula she-mule, from Latin, feminine of mulus mule
First Known Use
1791, in the meaning defined above
- in petto
- in phase
- in pictures
- in place
- in place of
- in plain sight
- in plain view
- in plaster
- in play
- in plenty
- in pocket
- in point of
- in point of fact
- in polite company
- in polite society
- in polite society/company
- in poor condition
- in poor etc. condition
- in poor taste
- in poor/bad (etc.) condition
- in practice
- in praesenti
- in praise of
- in preference to
- in preparation