Word: estribo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...example came from Caracas, Venezuela. Trying to make up for a lackluster performance with his first bull of the afternoon, Spain's top matador, Luis Miguel Dominguín (TIME, Dec. 22), worked his second with contemptuous skill. Then, as Dominguín casually seated himself on the estribo (the wooden ridge running around the inside of the barrier wall), the bull caught the matador in the thigh, spun him to the ground...
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