bull ring

See also: bullring

English edit

A bullring in Seville, Spain.

Alternative forms edit

bull-ring, bullring

Noun edit

bull ring (plural bull rings)

(bullfighting) The area in which bullfighting takes place.
(US, horse racing) An unusually short track, typically six furlongs or less for one lap.
(military slang, obsolete, chiefly British) A corral wherein horses are exercised and riders trained.^[1]

Translations edit

area in which a bullfight takes place

Catalan: plaça de toros f, plaça de bous f
Finnish: härkätaisteluareena (fi)
French: arène (fr) f
Galician: praza (gl) f, praza de touros (gl) f
German: Stierkampfarena (de) f, Stierkampfring m
Hungarian: bikaviadal-aréna
Irish: cró tarbhchomhraic m
Portuguese: praça de touros f
Spanish: plaza de toros f
Swedish: tjurfäktningsarena c

References edit

^ Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎^[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 24

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