An alternative spelling of garrote; a device or method of strangulation using a wire, cord, or iron collar.
French spelling variant of Spanish garrote. Different European nations adopted their own spelling conventions for this Spanish execution method.
This French spelling reveals how quickly and widely the Spanish garrote spread across Europe—different countries literally wrote the word differently, turning a Spanish invention into a multilingual crime.
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