garrot

English

Etymology 1

French garrot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæɹət/

Noun

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.

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of garrote

Translations

stick used for tightening

• Galician: garrote m, arrocho m
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Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

garrot (plural garrots)

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

Anagrams

• Rogart

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁo/

Noun

garrot m (plural garrots)

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

Related terms

• garroter

Descendants

• Spanish: garrote

Further reading

• “garrot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.