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Borrowed from Latin ballista.
Paläster f (plural Paläster)
- (Vienna) slingshot
- (Vienna, baseball, softball) bat
- Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Balę́ssda”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT, p. 115