Bolas (English spelling)

Japanese: ボーラ(英語表記)bolas
Bolas (English spelling)
A type of weapon used by Latin American Indians. In Spanish, it is called boleadras. A stone ball is attached to the end of a long string, which is held above the head and swung to throw, causing the ball to entangle an animal's legs and knock it down. There are single balls, pairs, or sets of two or three balls, and they are sometimes wrapped in animal skin. They were primarily used for hunting, but were also used in wars between ethnic groups and against the Spaniards. In modern times, they have been used mainly by gauchos in Uruguay and Argentina, but single-ball versions are used by the Uru people for duck hunting.

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Japanese:
ラテンアメリカインディアンの武器の一種。スペイン語ではボレアドラスと呼ばれる。石の球を長い紐の先端につけ,頭上で紐の一端をもち,振回して投げ,動物の足にこれをからませて倒す。球は1個のものと,2個,3個を組にしたものとあり,動物の皮に包まれていることもある。主として狩猟用であるが,民族間やスペイン人との戦争にも用いられた。近代には主としてウルグアイとアルゼンチンのガウチョが用いたが,1球式のものはウル族がカモ猟に用いている。

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