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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Garrote

· Gar·rote · IPA /ɡəˈɹɒt/
01 n. A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct.
  1. 1.
    A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct.
  2. 2.
    The instrument by means of which the garrote{1} is inflicted.
  3. 3.
    A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person.
Syn. garrote, garotte, iron collar.
02 v. t. To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
imp. & p. p. Garroted; p. pr. & vb. n. Garroting
  1. 1.
    To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.