Definitions
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- n. A fabric made in Manila from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A fabric made in Manila from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The strong outer fiber of the abaca or Musa textilis of Manila, made into cordage, especially into the well-known Manila white rope.
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Examples
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Pay-check number fifty-two, for seven hundred and fifty pesos, owed to the natives of the village of Candaba, for the value of one thousand two hundred fanegas of rice, which they gave as a bandala in the year one thousand six hundred and fifteen.
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In 1660 the natives of Pampanga protested against the polo and bandala.
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