Plural of garote; multiple devices or methods of strangulation using wires or cords.
Spanish plural or English plural (garrote + -s). The word traveled from Spain to English-speaking countries, with multiple spelling variants developing over centuries.
The existence of multiple spellings (garrote, garotte, garote) shows how European languages borrowed this brutal Spanish technique and adapted it to their own spelling rules.
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