Bolas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bolas \Bo"las\, 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]