bolas
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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
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
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
I made up soon after for my awkwardness, and an ostrich succumbed to my bolas.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon
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