How do you spell Garrote

Available Definitions:
1) n. - 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.
2) v. t. - To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.