tourniquet

[ tur-ni-kit, toor- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Medicine/Medical, Surgery. any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.
a device for pulling the parts of a wooden piece of furniture together, consisting of a pair of twisted cords passed around the parts.

tourniquet

/ ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ; ˈtɔː- /

med any instrument or device for temporarily constricting an artery of the arm or leg to control bleeding

1685–95; < French, derivative of tourner to turn

C17: from French: device that operates by turning, from tourner to turn

A bystander had placed a belt on his arm to act as a tourniquet.

The tourniquet on the left leg went just above the knee, below which there was nothing but torn flesh and a length of bare bone.

Another Afghan police officer used a towel as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

An Army officer then used his belt to make a tourniquet on Munley's leg.

On catching him I found that he had somehow severed an artery in his tail, and I had to improvise a tourniquet to stop the flow.

To prevent the flow of blood, a tight bandage known as a tourniquet must be tied between the cut and the heart.

Can such an effect be produced by the sight of that tourniquet of dust, far away over the plain, yet whirling nearer and nearer?

He could not help praising them a little for what they had done with the primitive tourniquet and the styptic agency of the snow.

The pass called "Le Tourniquet" is a better one for a number of coins.

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