Definition for GAR-ROTE'

GAR-ROTE', n. [Sp.]

A mode of punishment in Spain by strangulation, the victim being placed on a stool with a post behind, to which is affixed an iron collar with a screw; this collar is made to clasp the neck of the criminal, and drawn tighter by means of the screw, until life becomes extinct. Borrow.

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