3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Garrot \Gar"rot\, n. [F. Cf. {Garrote}.] (Surg.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Garrot \Gar"rot\, n. (Zool.) The European golden-eye. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Golden-eye \Gold"en-eye`\ (g[=o]ld"'n*[imac]), n. (Zool.) A duck ({Glaucionetta clangula}), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called {whistler}, {garrot}, {gowdy}, {pied widgeon}, {whiteside}, {curre}, and {doucker}. Barrow's golden-eye of America ({Glaucionetta Islandica}) is less common. [1913 Webster]
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