BANDERILLA


Meaning of BANDERILLA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌban-də-ˈrē(l)-yə ]

noun

Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of bandera banner, probably from Old Occitan bandiera

Date: 1789

: a decorated barbed dart that the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulders of the bull in a bullfight

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.