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honda.

A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɒndə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɑndə/General-American
  1. A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.

    Southwestern · US
  2. A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

    Southwestern · US
Where this word comes from

Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

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