bolas
/ˈbəʊləs
/noun [treated as singular or plural]
(Especially in South America) a missile consisting of a number of balls connected by strong cord, which when thrown entangles the limbs of the quarry.A Zulu warrior performs a war dance; an Argentinean performs Flamenco with flashing bolas like silver whips....
- Inspired by South American cowboys, some forces deploy bolas, several yards of rope weighted with rubber balls, to entangle a suspect's legs.
- But technology remained limited to the branding of animals, the burning of natural pastures, and the use of lassoes, bolas, and knives.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Spanish and Portuguese, plural of bola 'ball'.
Rhymes
- meditativeness
- meditator
- Mediterranean
- Mediterranean anaemia
- Mediterranean anemia
- Mediterranean back
- Mediterranean blue
- Mediterranean climate
- Mediterranean diet
- Mediterranean fever
- Mediterranean flour moth
- Mediterranean fruit fly
- Mediterraneanisation
- Mediterraneanise
- Mediterraneanised
- Mediterraneanization
- Mediterraneanize
- Mediterraneanized
- Mediterranean pine
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mediterranean spotted fever
- Mediterranean-style
- Medithermal
- medium
- medium bomber