Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
bullace . - A weapon of war and the chase, consisting of two or three balls of stone or metal attached to the ends of strong lines, which are knotted together, used by the Gauchos and Indians of western and southern South America.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A throwing
weapon made ofweights on the ends ofinterconnected cords , designed to captureanimals byentangling their legs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of the lasso or the "bolas," used in South America for capturing certain animals and birds, no description need be given, as this method of trapping is only to be performed by a person trained from childhood to ride and throw the lasso.
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In time a foreigner can learn to throw the lasso with all the skill of a born Argentine, but the use of the "bolas" is an art that must be acquired in childhood.
Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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Round his shoulders were twined the cords of the heavy "bolas," or balls, with which he sometimes felled, at other times entangled, his prey.
The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America 1859
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Asafran and mole tamales are enclosed in banana leaves and thin, flavorful masa whereas bolas are thicker and more filling tamales encrusted in what I consider to be an excessive amount of corn flour and wrapped in corn husks.
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Asafran and mole tamales are enclosed in banana leaves and thin, flavorful masa whereas bolas are thicker and more filling tamales encrusted in what I consider to be an excessive amount of corn flour and wrapped in corn husks.
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Asafran and mole tamales are enclosed in banana leaves and thin, flavorful masa whereas bolas are thicker and more filling tamales encrusted in what I consider to be an excessive amount of corn flour and wrapped in corn husks.
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Asafran and mole tamales are enclosed in banana leaves and thin, flavorful masa whereas bolas are thicker and more filling tamales encrusted in what I consider to be an excessive amount of corn flour and wrapped in corn husks.
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Ira si dice:: Jueves loquito de OH MY ODD!!! con muchos productos que están de bolas.
Maptor – Map and Projector Device by Jin-Sun Park and Seonkeun Park » Yanko Design 2009
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Asafran and mole tamales are enclosed in banana leaves and thin, flavorful masa whereas bolas are thicker and more filling tamales encrusted in what I consider to be an excessive amount of corn flour and wrapped in corn husks.
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Asafran and mole tamales are enclosed in banana leaves and thin, flavorful masa whereas bolas are thicker and more filling tamales encrusted in what I consider to be an excessive amount of corn flour and wrapped in corn husks.
sabinagrover commented on the word bolas
Why do the words "bola" and "bolas" have two entirely different pages when one is just a plural form of the other?
June 11, 2009