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bolas

American  
[boh-luhs] / ˈboʊ ləs /

noun

  • bolas,
    plural
  • bolases
    plural
  1. (used with a singular verb) bola.


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The Tehuelche were innovators, too: Outsiders marveled at their bolas, weighted rope snares they swung and launched from horseback to hunt llamalike guanaco and flightless rhea birds.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023

Developed around 2016, the BolaWrap was modeled after the bolas used by gauchos to wrangle animals.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2020

Had the bolas come in massed, coordinated onslaughts instead of being wielded by individual soldiers as they thought opportune, Pizarro might well have met his match.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Nonetheless, by the time of the siege of Qosqo the Inka had developed an effective anti-cavalry tactic: bolas.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The bolas are balls, two or three, of either stone or lead covered with skin, attached to the ends of some yards of thong.

From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables

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