Word Meaning

Meaning of "garrote" and the crossword clue

- Strangle
- A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
- To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.