sortilla

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Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sorticula (small object for casting lots), diminutive of sors (fate). Cognate with Galician sortella, Spanish sortija.

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sortilla f (plural sortilles)

  1. the ring used in ring jousting
  2. ring jousting (a mediaeval and modern sport where horseback riders try to speak a hanging ring with a lance or pole)
  3. a type of carnival game in which a person uses a pole to fish for fruit in a tank

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