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