burladero

[bur-luh-dair-oh, boor-; Sp. boor-lah-the-raw]

bur·la·de·ro

[bur-luh-dair-oh, boor-; Sp. boor-lah-the-raw]
noun, plural bur·la·de·ros [-dair-ohz; Sp. -the-raws] .
a wooden panel, located a short distance from and parallel to the bullring wall, behind which a bullfighter can seek protection from a bull.

Origin:
1935–40; < Spanish, equivalent to burlad(o), past participle of burlar to scoff at, ridicule (derivative of burla ridicule, joke, perhaps < Late Latin burra trifle, literally, wool, fluff) + -eroLatin -ārium -ary
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