a type of loop in a rope used as a knot when making a lasso
honda in American English
(ˈhɑndə)
noun
an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc
Word origin
[1885–90, Amer.; ‹ Sp: sling ‹ L funda, perh. akin to Gk sphendónē]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: roller coaster, scrum, seminar, sensitization, toner