torniquet — meaning in English

English meaning

• tourniquet noun A tight band or device wrapped around a limb to stop severe bleeding by cutting off blood flow.
• turnstile noun A mechanical gate with rotating arms that lets one person through at a time, often after a ticket or payment.

Senses

torniquet is used for these senses in English:

• tourniquet (medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
• turnstile A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.

turnstile — full definition

1. noun A mechanical gate with rotating arms that lets one person through at a time, often after a ticket or payment.
2. noun In logic, the "⊢" symbol used to show that a statement follows from what comes before it.