| 单词 |
garotting |
| 释义 |
garrotting, garotting, vbl. n.|gəˈrɒtɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] 1. Execution by means of the Spanish garrotte.
1890Pall Mall G. 9 Aug. 6/1 In the way of executions, nothing so bad has been seen in Europe for a long time as the garotting of Higinia Balaguer, a Spanish murderess, at Madrid. attrib.1890Saintsbury in New Rev. Feb. 136 You go to the gallows, the block, the garrotting chair. 2. The practice of throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him.
1858R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xvi. 54 She pursued the even tenour of her way apparently indifferent to everything—even to a garotting. 1870M. Bridgman Ro. Lynne II. vi. 134 The heaviest weapon of defence, bought in the days of garotting. |

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