fiador

noun

fi·​a·​dor

¦fēə¦dȯ(ə)r

plural -s

: a cord fastened to a hackamore and acting as a throatlatch

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, guarantor, from fiado (past participle of fiar to trust, guarantee, from—assumed—Vulgar Latin fidare, alteration of Latin fidere to trust) + -or

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