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Borla (f)

(with) definite article: la
plural: Borlas; (with) definite article: las
(the) ?

decorative fringe(s), tassel(s), &c. dangling from any of the pipes, &c.

Identical types: 16

Each of the woolen tassels of various colours, dangling from the drone.

Sources

Quijera Pérez, José Antonio: La gaita de odre en La Rioja. In: Cuadernos de sección FOLKLORE 3 (Donostia-San Sebastián, 1990), p.205.