▪ I. bolo1
(ˈbəʊləʊ)
[Sp.]
A kind of cutlass used in the Philippine Islands for agricultural and domestic work and as a fighting weapon. Comb., bolo-maker; bolo-man, one armed with a bolo.
| 1901 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 10/1, 400 bolomen attacked the garrison of seventy-two Americans. 1901 Daily Chron. 11 Oct. 5/7 Insurgents, who were armed only with bolos. 1905 Le Roy Philippine Life 85 The local blacksmith and bolo-maker, as he generally is (for the bolo is the chief working implement of the Filipino in the thicket or the field or about the house, as well as being, in another form, his principal weapon). 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 903 We had never visited the place before, and, for all we knew to the contrary, it was full of bolo-men. |
▪ II. bolo3 U.S.
(ˈbəʊləʊ)
Also bolo punch. An upper cut in pugilism.
| 1950 Dempsey Championship Fighting xvii. 114 A long-range right uppercut called the ‘bolo’ punch. Ibid., The bolo is more showy than explosive. 1954 F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. 13 Bolo, a very powerful upper cut, brought from the rear of the body and taking the full weight of the boxer using it. |