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barrera
[ buh-rair-uh; Spanish bahr-re-rah ]
noun
, plural bar·re·ras [b, uh, -, rair, -, uh, z, bah, r, -, re, -, r, ahs].
- the wall, usually a red wooden fence, bordering a bullring.
- the first row of seats in a bullfight arena.
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Bulls frequently leap the barrera of the arena, although the height is over five feet.
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The seats are arranged in boxes (palcos), the asientos de barrera (barrier seats) and the asientos de grada.
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During a great part of the bull-fight Gallardo remained on the vaulting wall of the barrera.
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The barrera is the enclosure of stout planks, strengthened by posts, which separates the performers from the spectators.
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Rings in modern times, remarks Madame de Barrera, have been made in some countries Loves telegraph.
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