garrot

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English

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Etymology 1

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From French garrot. Doublet of garrote.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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garrot (plural garrots)

  1. A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
    The Army doctor used a garrot to stop the bleeding from the injured soldier's wound.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of garrote

Etymology 3

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Unknown.

Noun

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garrot (plural garrots)

  1. A seaduck of the genus Bucephala; a goldeneye.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French garrot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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garrot m (plural garrots)

  1. club, truncheon
    Synonym: bastó
  2. garrote (an iron collar formerly used to carry out executions)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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From Provençal garra (leg) (see jarret) + the suffix -ot.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ʁo/
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Noun

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garrot m (plural garrots)

  1. tourniquet
  2. garrot (small wooden cylinder)
  3. garrote
  4. goldeneye (duck)
  5. withers
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Descendants

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  • Spanish: garrote
    • San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: caroti

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