Definition of "bola" [bola]

• A rope with weights attached, used especially in South America to catch cattle or game by entangling their legs. (noun)

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• "Asafran and mole tamales come wrapped in banana leaves and the bola is wrapped in corn husks and is much larger and more challenging to consume."
• "The bola is also the source of the cut called churrasco in Mexico, although the same name is used in other Latin American countries for other cuts."
• "Roca bola is rock that is actually picked up out of the fields."