bolas (root: bola)

• POS: Noun, Noun Plural
• HYPHEN: bo=las

CIDE DICTIONARY

bolas, n. sing. & pl. [Sp.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bolas, n. (as sing. or pl.) (esp. in S. America) a missile consisting of a number of balls connected by strong cord, which when thrown entangles the limbs of the quarry.

Etymology

Sp. & Port., pl. of bola ball