rejoneon.

1927 T. E. Moore In Heart of Spain viii. 98 Rejoneo, from the Spanish word rejon, a lance, means the ancient sport of bull-fighting on horseback, in which the weapon used was a long-handled lance, or spear.]

1961 John o' London's 609/2 Rejoneo, the art of bull-fighting on horseback.

1965 Pix (Austral.) 13 Feb. 36/2 Conchita Cintron, first woman to master both rejoneo and the classic Spanish style on foot, was a matadora in her own right.

1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 19 Alvarez cites further instances of corridas organized to celebrate marriages, all antedating the late mediaeval and renaissance practice of rejoneo, or knightly jousting against toros bravos.

1978 Radio Times 17 June 25/3 In the bull-ring he practises ‘rejoneo’, the aristocratic form of fighting bulls from horseback.

2002 L. Sherwood Yankees in Afternoon xi. 177 Although at first repulsed by the blood and brutality of the bullring, Conchita studied rejoneo as a natural part of her equitation training.