garrot² /garˈət/ (surgery)

A tourniquet

garrotte, garotte or (US) garrote /gä-rotˈ or gə-rotˈ/

1. A length of wire or cord used to strangle someone
2. A Spanish mode of putting criminals to death (historical)
3. The apparatus for the purpose, orig a string round the throat tightened by twisting a stick, later a brass collar tightened by a screw, whose point enters the spinal marrow

1. To execute by the garrotte
2. Suddenly to render unconscious by semi-strangulation in order to rob

garrottˈer or garottˈer noun

garrottˈing or garottˈing noun

• well then
• well-thewed
• well-thought-of
• well-thought-out
• well-thumbed
• well-timbered
• well-timed
• well-to-do
• well-to-live
• well-travelled
• well-tried
• well-trodden
• well-turned
• well-upholstered
• well up in
• well-warranted
• well, well
• well-willer
• well-willers
• well-wish
• well-wished
• well-wisher
• well-wishers
• well-wishes
• well-wishing