A small space under the roof of a building; sometimes used for storage or converted into a place for human occupancy: When Jack moved to the city, he lived in a garret at the top of the winding stairs.

A method of execution formerly practiced in 17th century Spain, in which a tightened iron collar was used to strangle or to break the neck of a condemned person: The multiple murderer was executed by the Spanish authorities with a garrote which was also the criminal's method of killing others.