barreran.
/baˈrɛra/ A barrier, spec. that encircling a bull-ring; also the row of seats nearest to it.
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1924 E. Hemingway In our Time 22 He [sc. a horse] cantered jerkily along the barrera.
1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xiv. 155 Carpenters replaced weakened or cracked planks in the barrera.
1926 E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xv. 167 I had taken six seats..three of them were barreras, the first row at the ringside.
1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon iii. 35 A red wooden fence a little over four feet high..called a barrera.
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