cuadrilla

[kwah-dree-yuh, -dreel-yuh, kwah-three-lyah, -three-yah]

noun

plural

cuadrillas 

1. the group of assistants serving a matador in a bullfight, consisting of three banderilleros and two picadors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuadrilla¹

1835–45; < Spanish: group, gang (originally one of four groups), diminutive of cuadra < Latin quadra side of a square

Example Sentences

A site off Preston New Road in Fylde became the focus of a semi-permanent protest after the government gave the green light for test drilling by energy firm Cuadrilla in October 2016.

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Cuadrilla did not respond to a request from the Local Democracy Reporting Service for comment.

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Six years later, the arrival of Cuadrilla's drills at Preston New Road in Little Plumpton - after the government overturned the county council's refusal of permission for hydraulic fracturing to be carried out on the site - saw lengthy protests from environmental groups and local communities.

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Energy firm Cuadrilla has been told it must plug its two shale gas wells on land on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire by the end of next year.

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"Cuadrilla has been the bane of our lives for over a decade. The stress and ramifications of their failed fracking attempts will never be forgotten nor forgiven."

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