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bo·la  audio  (bl) KEY  also bo·las  (-ls) KEY 

NOUN:
A rope with weights attached, used especially in South America to catch cattle or game by entangling their legs.
ETYMOLOGY:
From American Spanish bolas, pl. of Spanish bola, ball, probably from Latin bulla


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