Bullring
an arena for a bullfight.
Contemporary Examples
The Week’s Best Longreads: The Daily Beast Picks for October 6, 2012 David Sessions October 5, 2012
Historical Examples
Uruguay W. H. Koebel
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
With the Battle Fleet Franklin Matthews
Thy Rocks and Rills Robert Ernest Gilbert
The Haciendas of Mexico Paul Alexander Bartlett
The Haciendas of Mexico Paul Alexander Bartlett
noun
an arena for bullfighting
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