barbed dart

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• Plumbata (dart) — Plumbatae or martiobarbuli were lead weighted darts carried by infantrymen in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. History The first examples seem to have been carried by the Ancient Greeks from about 500 B.C. onwards, but the best known user were the… …   Wikipedia

• Banderilla — Ban de*ril la, n. [Sp., dim. of bandera banner. See {Banner}, and cf. {Banderole}.] A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• banderilla — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• bullfight — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. corrida, spectacle. WORD FIND • assistant on horseback, lances bull’s neck: picador • assisting team: cuadrilla • barbed dart: banderilla • cheer: olé • fighter: matador, torero • matador’s emergency shelter:… …   English dictionary for students

• banderilla — n. decorated barbed dart pushed and stuck into the bull s neck or shoulders during a bullfight …   English contemporary dictionary

• banderillas — n. decorated barbed dart pushed and stuck into the bull s neck or shoulders during a bullfight …   English contemporary dictionary

• ban|de|ril|la — «BAHN DEEL yah», noun. Spanish. a barbed dart with brightly colored streamers attached to its shaft, used in bullfighting: »A banderillero in tight pants and jacket is poised with banderillas high in the air (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

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