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tourniquet

The definition of a tourniquet is a compression bandage or other device intended to stop bleeding.

(noun)

A tight bandage that is wrapped around the wrists of an attempted suicide victim who slit a vein is an example of a tourniquet.

See tourniquet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any device for compressing a blood vessel to stop bleeding or control the circulation of blood to some part, as a bandage twisted about a limb and released at intervals or a pad pressed down by a screw

Origin: Fr, altered in sense and form (infl. by tourner, to turn) < MFr turniquet, earlier turniquel, coat of mail, upper garment < OFr tunicle < L tunicula, dim. of tunica, tunic

See tourniquet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A device, typically a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding by temporarily stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: : tourner, to turn (from Old French; see turn)

Origin: + -iquet, diminutive suff. (from Old French)

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