garrot

Etymology

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.

2. A seaduck of the genre Bucephala; a goldeneye.

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of garrote

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

Further reading

• “garrot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).