tourniquet

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tour=ni=quet

CIDE DICTIONARY

tourniquet, n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.].

 An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tourniquet, n. a device for stopping the flow of blood through an artery by twisting a bar etc. in a ligature or bandage.

Etymology

F prob. f. OF tournicle coat of mail, TUNICLE, infl. by tourner TURN

THESAURUS

tourniquet

Ace bandage, Band-Aid, adhesive tape, application, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, cast, cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, dressing, elastic bandage, epithem, four-tailed bandage, gauze, lint, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice, roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, sling, splint, sponge, stupe, tampon, tape, tent, triangular bandage

ROGET THESAURUS

tourniquet

Stopper

N stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.