Garret vs. Garrote

Garretnoun

An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.

Garretnoun

A turret; a watchtower.

Garretnoun

That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.

Garretnoun

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

Garretnoun

a top-floor or attic room, especially a small dismal one

Garret

A garret is a habitable attic, a living space at the top of a house or larger residential building, often small, dismal, and cramped, with sloping ceilings. In the days before elevators this was the least prestigious position in a building, at the very top of the stairs.

Garrotenoun

an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation

Garrotenoun

something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation

Garroteverb

(transitive) to execute by strangulation

Garroteverb

(transitive) to kill using a garrote

Garrotenoun

A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct.

Garrotenoun

The instrument by means of which the garrote{1} is inflicted.

Garrotenoun

A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person.

Garroteverb

To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

Garrotenoun

an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation

Garroteverb

strangle with an iron collar;

Garrote

A garrote or garrote vil (a Spanish word; alternative spellings include garotte and similar variants) is a weapon, usually a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line, used to strangle a person.