cuadrilla
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- noun The group of assistants to the matador in a bullfight.
Examples
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Hernando would not divulge it, not to a journalista, not to a lover; but to the men in his cuadrilla he would tap the side of his head with two fingers and declare, It is simple, boys—you have only to think like a bull.
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Suki turns and blows a kiss to the five men in her cuadrilla, handsome in their bullfighting finery.
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Particularly primitive and unproductive are the mining methods practiced in the small-scale mining cooperatives where the miners are organized into small mining teams (cuadrilla) which work from the haulage level downward.
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At a bugle call from the _Presidente's_ box, the main gate swung wide and the _cuadrilla_ entered, a band of lithe, slender, clean-shaven men, in slippers, white stockings, knee breeches, and jackets of silk ornamented with silver, each wearing the little queue and black rosette attached thereto that from time immemorial Andalusian _toreadores_ have sported.
Note
The word 'cuadrilla' comes from a Spanish word meaning 'little square'.
