tourniquet

[ tur-ni-kit, toor- ]

noun

1. Medicine/Medical, Surgery. any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.
2. 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

/ ˈtɔː-; ˈtʊənɪˌkeɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourniquet¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourniquet¹

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

Example Sentences

Already, they are working with on-ground partners in Ukraine to purchase and distribute needed supplies like first aid medical kits, tourniquets, and blood-stopping bandages.

From Time

When Lévy arrives at the dispensary, he doesn’t wear this tourniquet on his gear—as a soldier might—because he has no gear.

From Time

It’s not the six surgeries he underwent, the half-year bedridden, or the image of his younger cousin using a shirt as a tourniquet to save his life.

From Time

I woke up as my medic strapped a tourniquet to my leg and turned to my Afghan interpreter to assist with bandages.

From Time

All of that provided a perfectly pleasant 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park, a win that doubled as a tourniquet.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg