bolasn.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊləs/, U.S.

/ˈboʊləs/

Forms: Also used as a singular, with plural bolases.

Etymology: < Spanish bolas (and Portuguese bolas): plural of bola ball; used in South America in sense given.

A missile, used by the Patagonians and other South American peoples, consisting of two or more balls or stones connected together by strong cord; these are swung round the head and discharged at the animal to be captured, so as to wind round and entangle it.

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1843 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 270 Flourishing their nooses and bolases.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 201 The Guachos are able to entangle them [sc. birds] with the bolas or weighted cord.

1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times xii. 430 The weapons which are most characteristic of the Patagonians..are the bolas.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vi. 87 The Patagonians of Southern South America have the Bola, and the Lasso.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bolas
释义	bolasn. Brit. /ˈbəʊləs/, U.S. /ˈboʊləs/ Forms: Also used as a singular, with plural bolases. Etymology: < Spanish bolas (and Portuguese bolas): plural of bola ball; used in South America in sense given. A missile, used by the Patagonians and other South American peoples, consisting of two or more balls or stones connected together by strong cord; these are swung round the head and discharged at the animal to be captured, so as to wind round and entangle it. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > other devices wile1677 bolas1843 throwing balls1882 killer1892 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > bolas bolas1843 throwing balls1882 1843 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) IV. 270 Flourishing their nooses and bolases. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 201 The Guachos are able to entangle them [sc. birds] with the bolas or weighted cord. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times xii. 430 The weapons which are most characteristic of the Patagonians..are the bolas. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vi. 87 The Patagonians of Southern South America have the Bola, and the Lasso. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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