garrot — meaning in English
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English meaning
- tourniquet noun A tight band or device wrapped around a limb to stop severe bleeding by cutting off blood flow.
- withers noun The ridge between a four-legged animal's shoulder blades, usually the tallest part of its back and used to measure its height.
Senses
garrot 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.
- withers The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. [from 1580]