1) Ancient weapon 2) Ball-rope missiles 3) Cattle-capturing weapons 4) Cow-catching weapons 5) Dogie entangler 6) Entangling weapons 7) Gaucho gear 8) Gaucho weapons 9) Hunting equipment 10) Hurled entangling weapons 11) Hurled weapons 12) Latin American weapons 13) Pampas weapons 14) Ropes with weights attached
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Bolas (from Spanish bola, `ball`, also known as boleadoras, or Inca ayllo) are a throwing weapon superficially similar to the surujin, made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs. They were most famously used by the gauchos (Argentinian cowboys), but have been found in excavations of .....
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• (n. sing. & pl.) A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.
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Bo'las noun sing. & plural [ Spanish ] A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.
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Bolas is a form of missile used by South American Indians. It is a length of rope with a stone or ball of metal at each end. When used it is swung round the head by one hand and then hurled at an animal so as to entangle it by twisting round its legs.
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bola (def. 1).
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