GARROT

Etymology 1

Noun

garrot (plural garrots)

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

Verb

garrot (third-person singular simple present garrots, present participle garroting, simple past and past participle garroted)

Alternative form of garrote

Etymology 2

Noun

garrot (plural garrots)

A seaduck of the genus Bucephala; a goldeneye.

Anagrams

• Rogart

Source: Wiktionary


Gar"rot, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Garrote.] (Surg.)

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

Gar"rot, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The European golden-eye.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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