garret

[gar-it] Origin

gar·ret

1[gar-it]
noun
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English garite watchtower < Old French garite, guerite watchtower, derivative of garir, guarir to defend, protect; see garrison

gar·ret·ed, adjective

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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gar·ret

2[gar-it]
noun, verb (used with object) Masonry.

Origin:
1835–45; of uncertain origin
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garret (ˈɡærɪt)
 
n
another word for attic
 
[C14: from Old French garite watchtower, from garir to protect, of Germanic origin; see wary]

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garret
c.1300, "turret," from O.Fr. garite "watchtower, place of refuge," from garir "defend, preserve," from a Gmc. source (cf. Goth. warjan "forbid," O.H.G. warjan "to defend"), from P.Gmc. *warjanan, from PIE base *wer- "to cover" (see warrant). Meaning "room on uppermost floor
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of a house" is from late 15c. See attic.
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