garrotte
noun/ɡəˈrɒt/
/ɡəˈrɑːt/
(also garotte)
(US English also garrote)
- a piece of wire, etc. used for garrotting somebodyWord Originearly 17th cent.: via French from Spanish garrote ‘a cudgel, a garrotte’, perhaps of Celtic origin.
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