(n.sing.&pl.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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