honda

noun

hon·​da

ˈhändə

variants or less commonly hondo

-n(ˌ)dō

plural -s

: a metal, knotted, or spliced eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a running noose or lasso

Word History

Etymology

Spanish honda sling, from Latin funda, perhaps from Greek sphendonē

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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