honda

American  

[hon-duh] / ˈhɒn də /

noun

1. an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of honda

1885–90, < Spanish: sling < Latin funda, perhaps akin to Greek sphendónē

Example Sentences

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honda

In Europe a Financial Times report comparing cars on the basis of pollutants found a quantum leap of cleanliness from the euro high mileage cars to the honda and toyota hybrids.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2010

It was at this gait that he passed me; my rope-hand flew forward; the honda, well down, held the noose open, and the beautiful bay fairly ran his head into it.

From The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

As it sails, the honda knot swings to the front and acts as a weight to open the noose wide.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

He was studying the honda, also of rawhide, pressed flat when soaked and riveted in shape, a plaited button on the end of the lariat proper to keep it from slipping through the hole.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston

But our conductor simply threw the stones, whereas the goat-herd uses the aloe-fibre honda, or sling, that one sees hanging by dozens in the Mexican shops.

From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Tylor, Edward Burnett