bald patch (area of baldness); an area on a hide or fabric from which the hair or pill has worn out; clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees); a traditional shepherds’ sport played in parts of Spain, the object of which is to knock down a partially supported horn or piece of wood (the calva) by throwing stones at it. In a modern version the stones have been substituted with metal cylinders (the marro) and horns are no longer used as targets; the wooden target used in the game of calva
pussywhipped, under the thumb, henpecked, cowed (a man who lets himself be ruled by his partner); sissy, pushover (timid, unassertive or cowardly male)