media vueltan.
/ˈmeɪdɪə ˈvwɛltə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪdiə ˈvwɛltə/ Bullfighting.
A movement in which the bull is approached from behind and stabbed as it turns.
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1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xvii. 197 Bulls which will not charge..are banderilla-ed by..the media-vuelta or half-turn.
1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. viii. 183 Don Simao uses a media-vuelte in sticking in his banderillas from horseback; that is, he takes the bull while it is turning, citing it from behind.
1962 B. Conrad Encycl. Bullfighting 163/1 Media vuelta... A way of placing banderillas in which the torero comes at the bull from behind, forcing the animal into a media vuelta as the man approaches.
1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado iv. 121 Once in a great while..you will see an aging matador, green with fear, killing a la media vuelta.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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