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garrot

tourniquet

noun gah-ROH Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Also means

withers (of a horse)

Usage Note

Garrot has two main senses: in first aid, a tourniquet used to stop severe bleeding; and in equine anatomy, the withers (the highest point of a horse's back, used to measure a horse's height). A third, rarer historical meaning is the garrote (instrument of strangulation). Learners are most likely to encounter the tourniquet sense in medical or emergency contexts.

Examples

"Le secouriste a posé un garrot sur sa jambe."

Natural Translation

The first-aider applied a tourniquet to his leg.

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