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Bolas

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bo·la  (bl) also bo·las (-ls)
n.
A rope with weights attached, used especially in South America to catch cattle or game by entangling their legs.

[From American Spanish bolas, pl. of Spanish bola, ball, probably from Latin bulla.]


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