Associations to the word «Garotte»

Wiktionary

GAROTTE, noun. Alternative spelling of garrotte
GAROTTE, verb. Alternative spelling of garrotte

Dictionary definition

GAROTTE, noun. An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.
GAROTTE, verb. Strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley