Garrot vs. Garrote

Garrotnoun

A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.

Garrotnoun

A seaduck of the genus Bucephala; a goldeneye.

Garrotnoun

A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.

Garrotnoun

The European golden-eye.

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.