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

Geographical Definition

Honshu

geographical name

Hon·​shu ˈhän-(ˌ)shü 

ˈhȯn-

variants or Hondo

ˈhän-(ˌ)dō 

ˈhȯn-

island of Japan; chief island of the group area 86,246 square miles (223,377 square kilometers), population 100,254,208