garrote

Alternative forms

• garrotte (UK)

Etymology

From Spanish garrote

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɹɒt/, /ɡəˈɹoʊt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

garrote (plural garrotes)

1. an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation
   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     The Spanish had responded to the insurgency with characteristic brutality. They gave rebels the "usual four shots in the back" or the garrote - an iron collar tightened around the victim's neck with a screw until he was strangled to death.

2. something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation

   The mob boss was known for having his enemies executed with a garrote of piano wire.

Verb

garrote (third-person singular simple present garrotes, present participle garrotting, simple past and past participle garrotted)

1. (transitive) to execute by strangulation
2. (transitive) to kill using a garrote

See also

• garrot

Etymology

14th century. From Old French garrot, itself either from Old Occitan garra (“leg”) and the suffix -ot, from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”), or from a Germanic source.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrɔte̝/

Noun

garrote m (plural garrotes)

1. garrot used to limit the movement of an animal
2. bolt or garrot which affixes each wheel to the axletree of a traditional Galician cart

   Synonyms: gorrón, torno

3. (archaic) press
   • 1357, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), "De Viveiro en la Edad Media", Estudios Mindonienses', 7, page 139:

     afforo [...] a meatade de toda essa minna binna, con o herdamento que ias a par dela [...] con a meatade do lagar et garrote que y esta assy commo esta acaroada de muro

     I rent to you [...] half of my vineyard, with the possessions that are adjacent to it [...] with half of the winepress that is there, as it is delimited by a wall

References

• “garrote” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “garrote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “garrote” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “garrote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Noun

garrote f

1. plural of garrota

Etymology

From French garrot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrote/, [ɡaˈrot̪e]

Noun

garrote m (plural garrotes)

1. garrote
2. club

Further reading

• “garrote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.