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

In 2019, more than 120 tremors were recorded during drilling at a Cuadrilla site in Blackpool.

Read more on BBC

In 2022, the Oil and Gas Authority told Cuadrilla to permanently concrete and abandon the wells.

Read more on BBC

Some MPs have claimed that restarting drilling at Cuadrilla's two existing wells could be done quickly, and would provide significant supplies.

Read more on BBC

Cuadrilla claimed that "just 10%" of the gas from shale deposits in Lancashire and surrounding areas "could supply 50 years' worth of current UK gas demand".

Read more on BBC

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.

Read more on BBC