From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtourniquettour‧ni‧quet /ˈtʊənɪkeɪ, ˈtɔː- $ ˈtɜːrnɪkət, ˈtʊr-/ noun [countable] MHa band of cloth that is twisted tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding
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tourniquet• Malpass was still clutching his leg, using his hands as a tourniquet.• She picked up the dress and tore the thin material into several strips, then began to make a tourniquet.• The brigadier tried to stem the flow with a tourniquet.• Efficient emergency treatment relies upon being able to stem the blood loss with a tourniquet around the foot.• Her right arm had gone to sleep below the tourniquet.• She snapped a dry twig from a juniper bush and used it to finish the tourniquet.• Anne unknotted the rubber tubing from her arm, and pulled the tourniquet loose.Origin tourniquet (1600-1700) French “turnstile, tourniquet”, from tourner; → TURN1 