veronica

Meanings

Noun

• The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
• A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
• A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.

Verb

• To draw a muleta over and away from a bull's face in bullfighting.

Origin

• Named after Saint Veronica.