Garrote - Wikipedia A garrote ( ɡəˈrɒt, ɡəˈroʊt gə-RO (H)T; alternatively spelled as garotte and similar variants) [1] or garrote vil (Spanish: [ɡaˈrote ˈβil]) is a weapon and a method of capital punishment It consists of a handheld (or, in later years, sometimes mechanical) ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire, or fishing line, used to strangle a person [2]
Garrote | Spanish Inquisition, Medieval Punishment, Strangulation . . . garrote, device used in strangling condemned persons In one form it consists of an iron collar attached to a post The victim’s neck is placed in the collar, and the collar is slowly tightened by a screw until asphyxiation occurs Another form of garrote is a length of wire with wooden handles at the ends, held by the executioner
The Garrote - Torture Museum Garrote, dar garrote – wrenching, tightening, execution) A Spanish method of punishment and torture
4 Cruel Facts About the Garrote as Capital Punishment One story that was published in the late 1800s was that the instrument of death was invented by a Spanish man named Garrote He was an ironworker and, after witnessing a family member’s hanging being bungled on the gallows, he made it his mission to invent a more humane form of execution
History of the garotte (or garrotte) - Capital Punishment U. K Garrotting appears to have developed from the early Chinese form of execution known as the bow-string The criminal was tied to an upright post with two holes bored in it through which the ends of a cord from a long bow were passed and pulled tight round the neck by the executioner until the condemned strangled
Garrote: The Age Old Weapon of Strangulation - FasterCapital Garrote is a simple weapon that consists of a cord or a wire and two handles The cord is wrapped around the victim's neck and tightened by pulling the handles The weapon is designed to cut off the flow of blood to the brain, causing the victim to lose consciousness
Garroting - definition of garroting by The Free Dictionary 1 a method of execution in which an iron collar is tightened around a person's neck until death occurs 2 the collarlike instrument used for this 3 strangulation or throttling, esp in the course of a robbery 4 a cord or wire used for strangling 5 to execute or stangle with the garrote gar•rot′er, n
GARROTE Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com Garrote definition: a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain See examples of GARROTE used in a sentence