Lexic.us

Definition of Garotte

1. Noun. An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.

2. Verb. Strangle with an iron collar. "They want to garotte the prisoners "; "People were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

Definition of Garotte

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of garrotte) ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of garrotte) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Garotte

1. to garrote [v GAROTTED, GAROTTING, GAROTTES] - See also: garrote

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garotte

garnishing garnishings garnishment garnishments garnishor garnishors garnisht garniture garnitures garookuh

garookuhs garote garoted garotes garoting garotte (current term) garotted garotter garotters garottes

garotting garpike garpikes garran garrans garre garred garres garret garret window

Literary usage of Garotte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in South and North America by Alexander Marjoribanks (1853)
"... at Hayti or St Domingo—Massacre of the French—Island of Cuba—Strangulation by the garotte—Grand Review of Troops at Bahia—Gold mines of Brazil—German, ..."

2. The Annals of Our Time: A Diurnal of Events, Social and Political, Home and by Joseph Irving (1880)
"... well-directed severity of his sentences, put a sudden check to the brutal garotte crimes which for months back had been the terror of London society. ..."

3. Travels in South and North America by Alexander Marjoribanks (1853)
"... at Hayti or St Domingo—Massacre of the French—Island of Cuba—Strangulation by the garotte—Grand Review of Troops at Bahia—Gold mines of Brazil—German, ..."

4. The Annals of Our Time: A Diurnal of Events, Social and Political, Home and by Joseph Irving (1880)
"... well-directed severity of his sentences, put a sudden check to the brutal garotte crimes which for months back had been the terror of London society. ..."

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