verb/ɡa.ʁɔ.te/
to bind, fasten strongly
“[…] madame Homais restait tout éblouie devant la spirale d'or sous laquelle il disparaissait, et sentait redoubler ses ardeurs pour cet homme plus garrotté qu'un Scythe et splendide comme un mage.” — […] Madame Homais stood quite dazzled before the golden spiral beneath which he was hidden, and felt her ardour redouble for this man more bandaged than a Scythian, and splendid as one of the Magi.
From garrot + -er.