Garrote /(?)/

1. A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct.
2. The instrument by means of which the garrote{1} is inflicted.
3. A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person.

imp. & p. p. Garroted; p. pr. & vb. n. Garroting

1. To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.