tientan.

/ˈtjɛnta/

Etymology: Spanish, lit. ‘probe’.

In Spain, an occasion at which young bulls in the field are tested for spirit as prospective stud and fighting bulls.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > testing of young bulls

tienta1909

1909 J. Villiers-Wardell Spain of Spanish vi. 110 It is necessary for the ganadero—an owner of cattle—to test his young bulls while they are still running wild... This testing of the young bulls is called a tienta.

1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xii. 124 The strain of fighting blood..can only be kept pure by conscientious testing in the tientas.

1957 R. Campbell Portugal 109 His name..is given him along with his branded number and noted down on the day of the tienta.

1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado ii. 55 Memory of the tienta stirs and fires him to a prompt charge, his weariness forgotten.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	tienta
释义	tientan. /ˈtjɛnta/ Etymology: Spanish, lit. ‘probe’. In Spain, an occasion at which young bulls in the field are tested for spirit as prospective stud and fighting bulls. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > testing of young bulls tienta1909 1909 J. Villiers-Wardell Spain of Spanish vi. 110 It is necessary for the ganadero—an owner of cattle—to test his young bulls while they are still running wild... This testing of the young bulls is called a tienta. 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xii. 124 The strain of fighting blood..can only be kept pure by conscientious testing in the tientas. 1957 R. Campbell Portugal 109 His name..is given him along with his branded number and noted down on the day of the tienta. 1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado ii. 55 Memory of the tienta stirs and fires him to a prompt charge, his weariness forgotten. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1909
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