gar(r)otte
gar(r)otte †packing-stick; Sp. method of capital punishment by strangulation XVII; highway robbery by throttling the victim XIX. — Sp. garrote orig. cudgel.
So vb. XIX. — F. garrotter or Sp. garrotear.
So vb. XIX. — F. garrotter or Sp. garrotear.
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