Associations to the word «Tourniquet»

Wiktionary

TOURNIQUET, noun. A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
TOURNIQUET, noun. Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
TOURNIQUET, noun. A turnstile.

Dictionary definition

TOURNIQUET, noun. Bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure.

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