GARROTE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | gu'rowt
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| Matching Terms: | | Garrot, garroter, garrotte, garrotter
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| | Definition: | | [n] an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
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| | Synonyms: | | garotte, garrotte, iron collar |
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| | See Also: | | instrument of execution | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gar*rote"\, n. [Sp. garrote, from garra claw, talon, of
Celtic origin; cf. Armor. & W. gar leg, ham, shank. Cf.
{Garrot} stick, {Garter}.]
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron
collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life
become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the
punishment is inflicted.
\Gar*rote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garroted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Garroting}.]
To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat,
from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
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