pase

[pah-sey]

noun

(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.

Origin of pase

1935–40; < Spanish: literally, a pass, noun use of pase let him pass, 3rd person singular present subjunctive of pasar to pass

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Examples from the Web for pase

Historical Examples of pase

She is her father's own child and she is like him as two pase in the pod.
Her Father's Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter
"Rest a cat in pase, Hunc e doreo" which is a furrin tongue.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870
Various
Than thenglysshe archers stept forthe one pase and lette fly their arowes so hotly and so thycke that it semed snowe.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07
Various
Taking my bill, he very soon filled me up a pase for every package, directing each to a different point in the North.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX
Various
Item a pase to lifte her uppon her palfray covered with silver plate gilt as the qwene is grace is.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France
Mary Croom Brown

British Dictionary definitions for pase

pase

noun

bullfighting a movement of the cape or muleta by a matador to attract the bull's attention and guide its attack

Word Origin for pase

from Spanish, literally: pass

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