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burladero

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bur⋅la⋅de⋅ro

  [bur-luh-dair-oh, boor-; Sp. boor-lah-the-raw]
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–noun, plural -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; < Sp, equiv. to burlad(o), ptp. of burlar to scoff at, ridicule (deriv. of burla ridicule, joke, perh. < LL burra trifle, lit., wool, fluff) + -ero ≪ L -ārium -ary
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