Word: moorish
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German and Moorish aid were, he pointed out, far more effective, and probably represented Franco's margin of victory. However, the use of Moorish troops alienated a large portion of the liberal forces of the Catholic Church from the Rebels...
Hatred for Franco and his Moorish troops, and fear of the attempts of Germany and Italy to make Spain a puppet state, served to unite formerly antagonistic groups into a coherent force which held out for three years against overwhelming odds...
...brassy dignity, an odd-looking contraption stood on the stage of Chicago's Orchestra Hall one night last week. It was a Schellenbaum (bell tree), an instrument of Moorish origin, looking like a brass Christmas tree hung with bells and horse tails. It is the only Schellenbaum owned by a U. S. orchestra. The Chicago Symphony, which got it as a gift from the late Composer Camille Saint-Saëns, trots it out rarely. But last week, when the Symphony began its soth season, its 36th under the still competent baton of stooped, white-haired old "Papa" Frederick...
...streetcar traffic, he stood up before a nostalgic crowd. Said he: "I was here when the first brick was put in and I am here now to take the first brick out." Then, with a crowbar he pried one from the façade of an imposing seven-story Moorish-Victorian pile...
...Conquest of Granada and The Alhambra. Traveling through wild mountains with a Russian prince for companion, he met contrabandistas, looked for bandits, was feted by village dancers with red roses in their hair. When an amused Spanish governor told him he could live in the huge old Moorish palace of the Alhambra, Irving was delighted. He moved in and stayed, imagining the heroic past and only slightly disconcerted by the howls of a maniac who was confined beneath the palace...