garrote
C2Գոյական/US /ˈɡɑˌrroʊt/ GAH-rroht; UK /ˈɡɑːˌrəʊt/ GAH-rroht/
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
