GARROTTE

garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar

(noun) an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation

garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag

(verb) strangle with an iron collar; “people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

garrotte (plural garrottes)

A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation.

(historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.

Verb

garrotte (third-person singular simple present garrottes, present participle garrotting, simple past and past participle garrotted)

(transitive) To execute by strangulation.

(transitive) To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.

Anagrams

• garotter

Source: Wiktionary



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