The act of strangling or the state of being strangled. / The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.

(obsolete) avoidable

The keeper of a lodge (at the entrance to a larger property)

(intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse. / (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.